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In September 2012 virtually all independent Tajik media reported the horrific death of 27-years old Hamzali Ikromzoda in detention. The press coverage included photos of the numerous injuries on the body, one clearly showing the outline of an electric iron. Many of my colleagues said the terrible sight of these pictures made their blood run cold. Hamzali’s relatives are convinced he was a ...

02.12.2016 - 07:51

19 February 2010.  Undeterred by the cold weather, a crowd of men began to gather in Isfara’s main mosquefor Friday prayers. Among those hurrying to the mosque was 30-year old Ismonboy Boboev, who had returned from Russia a week earlier to visit his parents. He was deeply religious and always made sure he prayed five times a day, whether in Moscow, where fate had taken him, or in his...

01.12.2016 - 08:07

In March 2009 a court convicted 46-year old Dilshodbek Murodov of selling drugs illegally and sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment. He began to serve his long sentence. Everything, including one’s life, was strictly regimented in prison. Prison made Dilshodbek realize that you value freedom least when you are free and most once you have lost it. He awaited his release patiently. His mother...

30.11.2016 - 08:47

The young woman in a traditional scarf browses through family photos: “This is us in the main square of the capital city, this is us with our first child, here are our three children…” She pauses to collect herself, overwhelmed by memories and tears. Savriniso Gulova’s life is no longer the same. She was deprived of her bit of family happiness and is now a widow. In January 2011 her husband,...

29.11.2016 - 07:36

Dushanbe, 17 October 2011. On that day three plainclothes policemen, accompanied by the local precinct police inspector, apprehended 28-year old Bahromiddin Shodiev in the entrance to his block of flats and drove him to the Shomansur District police department in the capital. Some time later the police phoned the mother of the detained and demanded that she bring 800 somonis, money she was...

28.11.2016 - 08:38

The news of the death of 37-old Safarali Sangov from Dushanbe in March 2011 caused a nationwide outcry. Independent media reported that Sangov died at the Karabolo National Medical Centre four days after being brought there, in a coma and with numerous injuries to the body, from the Department of Internal Affairs Nr. 1 of the capital's Sino district. The dramatic picture of the day can be...

26.11.2016 - 20:33

Each story recounted in this book resembles the previous one in some way, while also being unique.  Ilhom Ismanov's story is unique in that, after all the torment and pain he suffered he has SURVIVED. And that alone instills hope in his wife and two children, gives them strength to keep going until they are reunited. But until that happens, 3 November 2010, the date Ilhom was abducted,...

25.11.2016 - 10:24

The story of 33-year old Khurshed Bobokalonov, a gifted and promising young oncologist, is not very different from many similar stories that occur during arrest or in detention. His death was as pointless as it was tragic. It was a hot Saturday of June 27, 2009 and the country was marking the annual Day of National Reconciliation. The law enforcement officials patrolled the centre of the...

24.11.2016 - 11:50

Dear friends, colleagues and partners, On the eve of the International Human Rights Day, which is annualy celebrated on 10 of December, the Civil Society Coalition against torture and impunity presents to your attention the updated book "Broken destinies, lives taken away..." [1],  which tells about the 14 true stories of victims of torture and ill-treatment in Tajikistan. The book is...

24.11.2016 - 11:08

The Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan has refused to pay compensation to Private Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was seriously injured in hazing incident.   A military court of Dushanbe Garrison ruled yesterday that the Border Guard Directorate must pay 40,600 somoni to Shahbol Mirzoyev, including 36,600 somoni for material damages and 4,...

23.11.2016 - 11:51

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