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Today we celebrate Human Rights Day to mark the adoption, 66 years ago, by the United Nations General Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The theme for this year's International Human Rights Day - Human Rights 365 - reflects the aspiration that each one of us, everywhere, at all times, is entitled to the full range of human rights. The EU is committed to upholding these...

10.12.2014 - 19:37

Secretary-General's Message for 2014 On Human Rights Day we speak out. We denounce authorities who deny the rights of any person or group. We declare that human rights are for all of us, all the time: whoever we are and wherever we are from; no matter our class, our opinions, our sexual orientation.  This is a matter of individual justice, social stability and global progress...

10.12.2014 - 13:47

Last week, PRI’s Central Asia office organised a conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan with UNICEF and local partner the Child Rights Centre to raise awareness of the issue of violence against children in closed institutions, share information on regional practice, and to explore the role of the Ombudsman in protecting the rights of children in detention. At present in Kazakhstan,...

24.09.2014 - 18:55

On 16th September 2014, an international conference on Prevention of Violence Against Children will be held in Dushanbe City under the European Union funded project for Gradual Eradication of Violence Against Children in Central-Asian Correctional Facilities. The conference will be held by the UNICEF, the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman in Tajikistan, the NGO “Child Rights...

15.09.2014 - 09:51

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

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

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

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

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

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

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