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Prisoner’s mother says her son has cut himself in protests against torture

Mrs. Ughuloy Boltaboyeva, mother of Qurbonali Boltaboyev who is serving his jail term in the Khujand penal colony, told Asia-Plus Tuesday afternoon that her son has cut himself in protest against torture and beatings. According her, her elder son saw Qurbonali after completion of quarantine and he told relatives that Qurbonali’s hands and legs carried traces of beatings. She added that she...

13.12.2012 - 09:51
No one has beaten the 12 year-old teenager, - says the office of the SCNS in Dushanbe

The press center of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) states that nobody beat the 12-year-old Nusratullo Yoqubov. A statement released by the SCNS press center notes that indeed, thee teenager was taken to the SCNS’s office in Dushanbe but nobody beat him. The 33-year-old Abdurahmon Abdujalol (formerly known as Khurshed Jalolovich Jalilov) was reportedly arrested on August 25...

21.11.2012 - 18:59
Teen reportedly beaten in SCNS’s office in Dushanbe

Security officers have reportedly used beating to extort a testimony from a 12-year-old teenager against persons suspected of extremism. Ms. Inobat Yoqubova from Dushanbe told Asia-Plus Tuesday (November 20) afternoon that officers from the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in Dushanbe used beating to extort a testimony from her 12-year-old son against his Arabic language...

20.11.2012 - 17:38
Two police officers stand trial for torture in Sughd

Tajik authorities are continuing to take measures intended to tackle the practice of torture. The Sughd prosecutor’s office has completed investigation into case of two police officers charged with torture of a detainee and the case has already moved to a court in Khujand, the capital of the Sughd province. Muhammadrizo Khalifazoda, head of the department for overseeing implementation of...

16.11.2012 - 11:00
Amnesty International says another Tajik national risks abduction in Russia

A statement released by Amnesty International (AI) on November 1 says that a Tajikistani national who is due to be released from detention is at risk of abduction in Russia and forcible return to Tajikistan. “Another Tajikistani national is believed to have been abducted and forcibly returned to Tajikistan following his recent release from detention.  Both men are at risk of torture,...

02.11.2012 - 15:00
Tajik Ombudsman calls on prosecutors to thoroughly investigate convict’s death

Tajik Ombudsman Zarif Alizoda has applied to the Prosecutor-General’s Office over the suspicion death of Hamza Ikromzoda in Dushanbe’s penal colony. According to the press center of the Ombudsman’s Office, Zarif Alizoda has expressed concern over the death of a convict in Dushanbe’s penal colony # 1 and called on the Prosecutor-General’s Office to thoroughly investigate the convict’s death...

23.10.2012 - 18:20
Lawyers of Yovon police inspector insist on quitting their client

Bedilkhon Odinayev, one of the defense lawyers of the Yovon police inspector Mashraf Aliyev who was jailed for torturing underage boy, believes that their client is innocent of the charges brought against him and ask to quit Aliyev and release him from a jail. According to him, he has lodged supervisory appeal to the Supreme Court. We will recall that a court in the Yovon district, Khalton...

19.10.2012 - 15:28
Two police officers charged over detainee’s death amnestied

Two former police officers charged over the death of a detainee have been amnestied. Ms. Gulchehra Kholmatova, the lawyer of the injure party, told Asia-Plus Thursday afternoon that the Dushanbe prosecutor’s office last week handed down ruling on dropping criminal proceedings instituted against former Dushanbe policemen Abdurahmon Yoqubov and Qodir Hasanov in connection with amnesty granted to...

18.10.2012 - 19:49
Wife of Sherik Karamkhudoyev seeks meeting with President Rahmon

Manizha Shahbozbekova, wife of Sherik Karamkhudoyev, has released an open letter to President Emomali Rahmon requesting a meeting with him. She wishes to discuss the situation of her husband who was detained during a special operation launched by government forces in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on July 24. Manizha Shahbozbekova asks President Emomali...

12.10.2012 - 10:00
President takes investigation into convict’s death under his control

On Tuesday October 9 Umed Boboyev, Adviser to the President for Legal Policy, received relatives of Hamza Ikromzoda, who died in a penal colony in Dushanbe in mid-September. Dilkhoh Ikromzoda, the sister of Hamza, says Boboyev has promised to control the process of investigation into Hamza’s death. According to her, their father – Fayzali Ikromov – wrote a letter to President Emomali Rahmon...

09.10.2012 - 15:55

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