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Stop Torture in Central Asia

It does not matter who our children are — no one has the right to ill-treat them 26 June, is the United Nations (UN) International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. And on this day the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA, Uzbekistan, based in exile in France), the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights...

25.06.2021 - 09:50
History Akmal Davlatov

On 17 April, 2014 Farrukh Davlatov a sergeant of the military unit 2850 of the Border Guards under the authority of the State Committee on National Security of Tajikistan in Matcha district, required the three newly arrived conscripts and ordered them to stand in a row after which started beating them in the abdomen area. The third soldier was Akmal Davlatov. At the result of hard punch he...

13.06.2021 - 18:52
History Maksud Nosirov

On 27 January, 2014 several servicemen of the border post of the Unit 2857, in Spitamen,  required the newly arrived conscripts to line up and “for educational purposes” started beating them at different parts of the body. As a result a young conscript Maksud Nosirov had fainted and later died without regaining consciousness. According the forensic - medical examination, M.Nosirov died...

11.06.2021 - 18:37
History Faruhjon Haytaliev

Faruhjon Haytaliev had only 8 months left before the completion his service in the army. He was recruited by Temurmalik Military Commissariat in October 2014 and served in Unit 2847 of the Border Guards under the authority of the State Committee on National Security of Tajikistan. Throughout the year Haytaliev along with other fellow servicemen was reportedly abused and beaten by Alikhon Tuichiev...

10.06.2021 - 18:20
History Shamsiddin Zaydulloev

The 25-year old taxi driver Shamsiddin Zaydulloev was detained in April 2015 on suspicion in drug trafficking. Few days later he died at the temporary detention of the Drug Control Agency. His relatives assured that his death was caused by beatings and torture. According to the victim’s mother Tojiniso Karimova, her son worked as a taxi driver.  On 8 April 2015, approximately at 18:00,...

08.06.2021 - 12:38
Case History Firdavs Rakhmatov

It was a hot morning of June. Dilorom, accompanied by her little daughter, went to the market to buy groceries for a dinner she hosted that day. They had relatives to come on and she tried to make sure that she is not missing anything from the grocery list she made in a rush. After all, hosts in the East are very generous. On the way home, she bought some medicines for the middle son, a...

07.06.2021 - 12:28
Story of Shahbol Mirzoev

The story of Shahbol Mirzoyev, an ordinary conscript who served in Tajik Army and had been subjected to ill-treatment by fellow Senior Officer, shocked many people. In 2013, the 22-year-old Shahbol Mirzoev wanted to join the Khujand’s Airport Custom service upon graduating from the Law faculty of Khujand University of Commerce. However before that he was required to serve one year in the Army...

06.06.2021 - 17:24
Case History Umar Bobojonov

The death of a young man in the custody of Vahdat police station allegedly at the result of torture was broadly discussed in public. This case received a lot of attention from both local and foreign media which called the 23-year-old Umar Bobojonov the victim of a covert campaign against wearing a beard. However, even after almost a year the perpetrators haven’t been established yet. The 66-...

05.06.2021 - 12:02
Case History Parviz Dustmatov

Parviz had only 2 months left before the completion of his service. However, instead well- matured son, his mother received his body for burial. The 18-year-old Parviz Dustmatov graduated with honors from high school in his native Jamoat Khistevarz, Bobodzhon Gafurov district of Sughd region and dreamt about the Police Academy.  The boy was short heighted and was missing only centimeters to...

04.06.2021 - 15:18
Case History Abduvahob Kayumov

This woman is wearing mourning dress for a year, since she buried her eldest son, though every morning she is expecting the gates open and he is entering, so handsome and young, saying: “Mom, I'm back!”. Sometimes in her dreams, he says the same words: "I came back, here I am!", and she hugs and kisses him, feeling the warmth of his hands, and once awaking she realizes that it was just a dream....

03.06.2021 - 16:24

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