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11th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Join the campaign!

Geneva, 10th October 2013. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the principal global civil society coalition against torture, calls on this 11th World Day Against the Death Penalty for a universal abolition of the death penalty. Today, we continue to assist to a worldwide movement towards the abolition of the death penalty. A large majority of States have already abolished the...

10.10.2013 - 18:29
Detainees at risk of torture in Tajikistan

Since July Amnesty International has received reports that at least four detainees, including a minor, have been subjected to further ill-treatment at the hands of law enforcement, security and prison officials. They had previously tried to report the ill-treatment they have suffered or witnessed. According to credible reports by Tajikistani NGOs and lawyers, two persons (who cannot be named...

01.10.2013 - 23:42
Retrial of case of police officers convicted of torturing teen starts in Khatlon

Retrial of the case of Mashraf Aliyev, former officer from the police station in the Yovon district, who was convicted in September last year of torturing teen boy, has begun in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province. The Qurghon Teppa city court began reconsideration of the case on September 24. We will recall that the Yovon district court on September 6, 2012 found Mashraf Aliyev...

25.09.2013 - 19:47
Cooperation of National Human Rights Institutions with the Civil Society

The Civil Society Seminar EU - Tajikistan on "Cooperation of National Human Rights Institutions and Civil Society" was held on September 17-18 in the conference hall of Hyatt Regency Dushanbe. Organized by the Delegation of the European Union in the Republic of Tajikistan in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, the two day workshop served as an open forum to...

19.09.2013 - 11:26
Prison guards to be trained how to treat persons sentenced to life imprisonment

Prison guards in Tajikistan will learn how to appropriately treat life sentenced prisoners in a training workshop drawing on international best practice. The European Union Delegation to Tajikistan reported to NoTorture.Tj, the training, to be held on 16-17 September, will aim to increase the knowledge of prison staff about international standards related to persons sentenced to the death...

12.09.2013 - 16:53
New ICJ report highlights the challenges faced by the legal profession in Central Asia

Many lawyers in Central Asia face serious obstacles in carrying out their functions, including harassment, intimidation and physical attacks and are in need of much greater protection for their work and independence, an ICJ new report says. Published today, The Independence of the Legal Profession in Central Asia assesses the challenges to the independence of lawyers in Central Asia...

10.09.2013 - 14:45
Child-friendly court room introduced in Tajikistan

The child-friendly court rooms project was launched on August 5 by representatives of the Justice Council of the Republic of Tajikistan, UNICEF and SDC in Tajikistan, according to press release issued by UNICEF CO in Tajikistan. The launch event took place at a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district. UNICEF has been supporting the Government of Tajikistan to implement the National Plan...

06.08.2013 - 17:42
Witnesses states at the trial against the prisoners in Khujand that their “testimonies” was written by the investigator

The court hearing for the cases of Sunatullo Rizoev and Sadriddin Toshev continued today behind the closed doors in the building of Khujand prison # 2.  On Friday, August 2, the trial continued, however the journalists were not allowed to the courtroom, despite the fact that this was an open process. As is was reported to the “AP” by Abubakr Kulmatov – the attorney of Sunatullo Rizoeva...

03.08.2013 - 18:41
Trial of two prisoners transferred to Khujand from Dushanbe expected to start July 25

A trial of Sunatullo Rizoyev and Sadrididn Toshev, two prison inmates who were transferred to Khujand from Dushanbe last November, is expected to begin in Khujand tomorrow. According to the Sughd prosecutor’s office press center, Rizoyev and Toshev face charges of actions disorganizing the work of a penitentiary institution committed by persons convicted of a serious crime or especially...

24.07.2013 - 17:41
Tajikistan report submitted to UN Human Rights Committee far from actuality, say Khorog residents

Residents of Khorog are indignant at a statement made by Tajik delegation during the presentation of second periodic report of Tajikistan on its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Representatives of the Tajik delegation said that 21 residents of Khorog killed during the special security operation last summer were members of armed...

17.07.2013 - 18:38

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