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Tajik Army Urged to Tackle Bullying

The chronic bullying problem in Tajikistan’s military has been highlighted by a recent spate of deaths of young conscripts, which their families suspect were no accident. In the most recent case, 23-year-old Juraboy Homidov from the village of Kachrovut in northern Tajikistan was found dead at his military unit based at the Ayni airbase in early July. Homidov, who joined the army in...

01.08.2014 - 15:43
Pre-trial detention of human rights lawyer Shukhrat Kudratov

On 21 July 2014, human rights lawyer Mr Shukhrat Kudratov was arrested in his office in Dushanbe city. On 23 July, he was charged with three criminal offences – including attempted bribery of a judge – and, on the same day, the court ruled to hold him in pre-trial detention. Shukhrat Kudratov is a leading lawyer for the independent news agency “Asia-Plus”, and Deputy Director of the...

25.07.2014 - 23:54
Civil Society Organizations call on Central Asian States to end Torture

Local and international civil society organizations call on Central Asian states to end torture and impunity. On 26 June 2014, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a coalition of human rights organizations is urging the five Central Asian governments to publicly and unequivocally condemn torture and to demonstrate their commitment with follow up actions. In December 1997...

26.06.2014 - 14:35
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

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