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Training on human rights and monitoring for the Tajik police

The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) will run a training co-organized with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on human rights and monitoring on 15-16 December in Dushanbe, Tajikistan In addition to law enforcement agents from various police forces and representatives from the Home Ministry, participants will also include staff members of the...

15.12.2015 - 08:47
Tajikistan: Meet Nigina: Towards a functioning system that leaves no room for torture

 Nigina Bakhrieva’s visceral sense of justice was passed on to by her parents, as she quickly demonstrated by following in the footsteps of her father – a prosecutor – in standing firmly for the rule of law. “It’s what I learned as I child, “ she says. “When I witness human rights abuses, I cannot be indifferent; I take action.” And her career could not have been more ominous. Nigina...

06.12.2015 - 20:46
Kulob resident detained on suspicion of participating in the recent deadly attack on recruiting offi

The Interior Ministry’s website reported on November 13 that a 21-year-old resident of the city of Kulob Umedjon Amrokhon has been detained on suspicion of participating in the recent deadly attack on a group of military recruiting officers in Dushanbe. Police are reportedly seeking the second suspect involved in that deadly attack on military recruiting officers.  We will recall that...

14.11.2015 - 10:05
IRP leading members’ lawyer at risk of torture, says Amnesty International

International non-government human rights organization, Amnesty International (AI), says Buzurgmehr Yorov, a lawyer representing members of the arbitrarily banned Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRP), has been arrested on fraud charges and is at risk of torture and ill treatment. In a statement released on October 1, Ai, in particular, notes that “the timing indicates that the charges are...

02.10.2015 - 09:21
Raising concerns about torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at the 2015 OSCE HDIM

At this year’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, representatives of the coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland) and International Partnership for Human Rights present their analyzes of the situation regarding torture and ill-treatment in the three Central Asian countries to representatives of...

26.09.2015 - 13:20
Human Rights Watch calls on Moldova not to extradite Sobir Valiev to Tajikistan

International non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls on the Moldovan authorities to refrain from issuing an opposition activist Sobir Valiev to Tajikistan. In a Monday statement, HRW said that the Moldovan government should not extradite S. Valiyev to Tajikistan, where he can expect torture or cruel treatment. It is noted that on 11th of August the deputy chairman of...

18.08.2015 - 20:03
One more conscript returned to Khistevarz village in coffin from army

The body of one more conscript has been returned to the Khistevarz jamoat in Sughd’s Bobojonghafourov district from army. The body of conscript Parviz Dustmatov, 20, who had served in border unit in the Saghirdasht area of GBAO’s Darvoz district, was brought to Khistevarz on July 13. Parviz Doustmatov voluntarily answered the called and he had to serve another eight months before he would...

15.07.2015 - 16:24
‘Say NO to Torture’ action takes place in Dushanbe

An action entitled “Say No to Torture” took place in Dushanbe on June 26. The action, dedicated to the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, was held by the NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan in Vefa Center under support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the Tajik Branch of the Open Society Institute/Assistance Foundation (OSI/AF-Tajikistan). A photo exhibition...

26.06.2015 - 16:28
Commanders of military unit in which conscript died after being beaten fired

Commanders of regiment, battalion and company from military unit 04080 in which a conscript died after being severely beaten have been fired, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), told Asia-Plus in an interview. “The further fate of these commanders will be determined upon completion of investigation,” Mahmadaliyev said. A MoD admitted on June 11 that the 22-...

16.06.2015 - 16:18
Tajik defense ministry admits conscript beaten to death

The Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan (MoD) has admitted that the 22-year-old conscript who died on June 7 was severely beaten. Firdavs Rahmatov from the city of Khujand, the capital of Sughd province was called up for military service on May 7 and on June 7 his body was handed over to his father Ghani Rahmatov. Firdavs had served in military unit 04080 deployed in the northern city of...

11.06.2015 - 16:20

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