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Tajik Army Doctor Gets Nine Years In Jail For Hazing

A military court in Dushanbe has sentenced a military doctor to nine years in jail for seriously damaging a conscript's health. Usmonali Gairatov was found guilty of hazing, inflicting bodily harm, and leaving a serviceman in danger. The court also ruled on June 19 that Gairatov must pay 8,000 somonis ($1,625) to Shahbol Mirzoev's relatives to compensate for moral damages, and 5,700 somonis...

20.06.2014 - 18:27
PHD student arrested, held incommunicado

Tajikistani national Alexander Sodiqov, who has permanent residency in Canada, was arrested on 16 June in eastern Tajikistan while conducting academic research. There are fears for his safety and concerns that he may face torture or other ill-treatment. Alexander Sodiqov, who lives in Canada, was detained on 16 June by two State Committee for National Security officers in Khorogh, capital...

19.06.2014 - 23:46
Dushanbe’s military court begins consideration of case of victim of hazing

A court of the Dushanbe military garrison has begun consideration of criminal proceedings instituted against medic of military unit 2026 of Tajik Border Troops deployed in the Roudaki district, Usmon Ghayratov. We will recall that Ghayratov severely beat soldier Shahbol Mirzoyev on March 6 in the presence of other servicemen. Shahbol Mirzoyev’s defense lawyer, Abdurahmon Sharipov, says...

03.06.2014 - 12:56
EU-Supported Regional Conference on Torture Prevention

At a conference on “The Role of Civil Society Institutions in the Prevention of Torture: Experience of the NGO Coalitions Against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan”, to be held in Almaty from 27 to 29 May 2014, an informalnetwork of regional NGOs from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will be established to jointly combat torture. As inform NoTorture.Tj ...

27.05.2014 - 10:54
Meeting of the Working Group on Judicial Capacity in the framework of the EU Rule of Law Initiative for Central Asia in Brussels

In the framework of the Rule of Law Initiative for Central Asia established by the EU and led by France and Germany, the project «Rule of Law Platform – Central Asia» funded by the EU will hold a “Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Judicial Capacity” on 24 April 2014 in Brussels. As inform NoTorture.Tj Mahbuba Abdullaeva, Press and Information Officer of the EU Delegation to ...

23.04.2014 - 15:04
Physician from border guard hospital claims that crippled soldier does not need surgery

Iranian physicians who had to perform surgery on Tajik soldier Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was severely beaten by medic Usmon Ghayratov, have not arrived in Tajikistan because unit 2026 of the Main Border Guard Directorate Border of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) has not transferred money to the International Ibn Sina Clinic in Dushanbe. More than 56,000 somoni are reportedly...

17.04.2014 - 19:10
The OSCE should put torture prevention at the heart of its work on the human dimension

Central Asian NGO coalitions against torture: The OSCE should put torture prevention at the heart of its work on the human dimension* Brussels, 14 April 2014. At the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SDHM) on Prevention of Torture held in Vienna, Austria, on 10 and 11 April, the NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and their project partners, the...

14.04.2014 - 15:26
€64,400 reportedly needed for surgery for soldier severely beaten by medic

€64,400 are reportedly needed for surgery for soldier Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was severely beaten by medic Usmon Ghayratov. Shahbol Mirzoyev suffered a broken neck, paralyzed left leg and injured hands. His father, Numon Mirzoyev, says he has sent tomography scan results to one of hospitals in Germany and they said that it is necessary to perform medical surgery that will cost 64,400 Euros. “...

15.03.2014 - 18:25
Tajikistan: arrest of lawyer is a threat to the independence of the profession

  The ICJ expressed concern at today’s arrest of Fakhriddin Zokirov, a prominent defence lawyer who had represented the former Minister of Industry, Zaid Sayidov.   The former Minister was recently convicted for a number of crimes including polygamy, receiving a bribe, rape, fraud, illegal confinement and sentenced to 26 years of imprisonment.   The ICJ is concerned...

09.03.2014 - 15:28
PRI launches Investigative International Journalism Competition

The death penalty remains in many parts of the globe, while around the world people are imprisoned for decades at a time. While trials, sentences and executions often make the headlines, other features of the death penalty and life imprisonment are largely unknown. Penal Reform International is launching a competition for the best journalism investigating the death penalty and life (or long-...

27.02.2014 - 14:49

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