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Soldier’s parents demand compensation from the defense ministry

The parents of the soldier, who died after he was allegedly beaten by older soldiers, demand compensation from the Ministry of Defense. They have filed a lawsuit in a court of the Dushanbe military garrison demanding the Ministry of Defense pay 238,800 somoni in damages for moral losses, according to the Office for Civil Freedoms, a Tajik human rights organization. Consideration of the case...

15.06.2016 - 18:39
Campaign "Support the victim of torture! Stop impunity!"

On 26 of June the whole world will commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1997 with a view to eradicate torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (TCIDT) and ensure the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. On 15 of...

15.06.2016 - 14:05
Rights of servicemen discussed in Rasht

A roundtable on “Military Personnel Rights” has been organized in Rasht region by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in Tajikistan in cooperation with Public Association “Citizens Freedoms’ Office” under the support the Ombudsman Office in the Republic of Tajikistan. According to IWRP Tajikistan, the participants of the roundtable included representatives of the respective...

13.06.2016 - 11:49
NGOs urge Tajikistan to follow through in practice on anti-torture measures

The NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland), and International Partnership for Human Rights (Belgium) today welcomed recent legal amendments adopted by the Tajikistani government, which, if implemented, could significantly improve safeguards against torture and ill-treatment for detainees. On 14 May 2016,...

06.06.2016 - 15:01
Regional Conference: The Role of civil society in the prevention of torture

Sixty NGO representatives from the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as international human rights groups and representatives from other countries of the former Soviet Union will participate in a regional conference to discuss the role of civil society institutions in the prevention of torture. The conference will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 31 May...

01.06.2016 - 12:41
The NGO Coalition against Torture calls on the Tajikistani authorities to promptly investigate police actions during Hindu spring festival celebrations in Dushanbe

Tajikistan’s NGO Coalition against Torture is concerned by the growing number of reports circulated in local media and social networks about the arrest and alleged abuse by police of more than 100 participants (including underage children) of the Holi Party Hindu spring festival held in Dushanbe on 15 May 2016. Law enforcement agencies claimed that the celebrations were not agreed with local...

24.05.2016 - 14:54
Preclusion and prevention of violence and ill-treatment against children in closed instutions

Penal Reform International office in Central Asia and Legal Initiative Public Fund jointly and Coalition of NGOs Against Torture in Tajikistan with the financial support of Open Society Institute – Assistance Foundation in Tajikistan will be hosting a training on preclusion and prevention of torture and ill-treatment against children in closed and semi-closed institutions of Tajikistan. The...

24.05.2016 - 10:22
Human rights NGO urges partygoers to take action against police officers

Celebrations marking the Holi Festival of Colors (a Hindu spring festival) in Dushanbe turned sour after a number of young partygoers claimed they had been arrested and abused by the police. The NGO Coalition Against Torture (Coalition) has urged the partygoers who suffered from police miscoduct to take action against the police officers, and offered to represent them in court. Coalition...

23.05.2016 - 10:53
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports regional training courses on rights of persons in police custody

The first in a series of OSCE-supported training courses for representatives of the Interior Ministry, Prosecutor and Ombudsman offices and civil society on the human rights of persons in police custody took place on May 4, 2016 in Gharm, the administrative center of the Rasht district. According to the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, some 20 participants were instructed on international standards...

10.05.2016 - 11:45
Tajikistan presents its universal periodic review in Geneva today

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tajikistan is being discussed at the UPR Working Group’s 25th session in Geneva today. The NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan has reportedly presented recommendations aimed at strengthening torture prevention in Tajikistan to experts at the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights and to permanent diplomatic missions...

06.05.2016 - 13:03

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