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AI says torture and other ill-treatment remained widespread in Tajikistan in 2012

On May 23, the international rights group, Amnesty International (AI), published its annual report, The Sate of the World’s Human Rights, for 2012. AI has documented abuses in 159 countries and territories that it says were inflicted by those in power on those who stand in the way of their vested interests. Amnesty International notes torture and other ill-treatment remained widespread and...

24.05.2013 - 17:53
Tajikistan: Aspiring Opposition Leader Arrested

Across the former Soviet Union, entrepreneurs may be skilled in the art of making money, but they soon find themselves out of their depth when it comes to the business of politics. The poster boy for the inadvisability of trying to make the cross-over from business to politics is, of course, Mikhail Khordokovsky, the one-time Russian oil magnate who has been imprisoned since 2005. There is...

24.05.2013 - 11:21
Tajik parliament passes law repealing immunity of prosecutors and investigators

The lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) has endorsed the bill requiring amendments to the country’s law on bodies of the public prosecution service. A regular sitting of the fourth session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the fourth convocation presided over by its head, Shukurjon Zuhurov, was held on May 22. Speaking at the session, the Prosecutor-General Sherkhon Salimzoda noted that the...

23.05.2013 - 13:39
The judge refused the journalists, representatives of the civil society and mother of the victim to be present at the trial

Representatives of Mass Media, UN and even the mother of Hamza Ikromzoda were rejected to be present at the trial over the death of a prisoner, which began on May in the Ismoili Somoni district court The presiding judge Rustam Mirzayev informed “Ozodagon” that the journalists and UN staff must obtain permission from the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan, while the Main Directorate for...

16.05.2013 - 10:35
Two participants of last year’s clash in Khorog get long jail terms

Two participants of last year’s clash in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) have got long jail terms. On Friday May 10, the Supreme Court sentenced two participants of the last year’s clash in Khorog – Dimon Ashourov and Sherik Karamkhudoyev – to 12 and 14 years in prison respectively. The sentence followed their conviction on charges of illegal possessing...

10.05.2013 - 15:59
Russia responsible for secret transfer of Tajik national – EСHR

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found Russia responsible for the covert and unlawful transfer of a man to Tajikistan where he was later prosecuted and sentenced to imprisonment for offences against national security, the judgment reads. The complaint against Russia was filed with the ECHR on December 6, 2010. Tajik national, Savriddin Dzhurayev, stated in the complaint that he...

29.04.2013 - 16:57
U.S. Issues Country Reports On Human Rights Practices

The U.S. State Department has released its "Country Reports On Human Rights Practices" for 2012, highlighting crackdowns on civil society, struggles for democratic change, and threats to freedom of expression.  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presented the reports to the media in Washington on April 19. The document states that “governments continued to repress or attack the means...

20.04.2013 - 21:55
European Human Rights Court urges Russia not to extradite Ismon Azimov to Dushanbe

The European Court of Human Rights has urged Russia not to extradite to Dushanbe a Tajik citizen facing religious extremism charges, Radio Liberty reports. The court reportedly said on April 18 that sending Ismon Azimov to Tajikistan would subject him to the risk of ill-treatment. We will recall that Ismon Azimov was arrested in Russia on November 3, 2010 at Tajikistan’s request. Ismon...

20.04.2013 - 18:03
Lawyers of alleged participants of last year’s events in Khorog claim judicial violations

The trail of two alleged participants of last year’s events in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) – Dimon Ashourov and Sherik Karamkhudoyev – began in the Supreme Court on April 8.Defendants’ lawyers say the trial began with violation of procedural rules.Dimon Ashourov’s defense lawyer, Shuhrat Qudratov, says that Mr. Justice Nouriddin Rasoulov, presiding over...

10.04.2013 - 18:42
Tajikistan’s penitentiary system head comments on demand by prisoners’ parents for his resignation

Tajikistan’s penitentiary system head, Izatullo Sharipov, has commented on demand by prisoners’ parents for his resignation. According him, the president has appointed him to this position and only the president has the right to relieve him of his position. “Those who are guilty must be punished.  We do not rule out that there are shortcomings in our system, but we are seeking to...

09.04.2013 - 10:59

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