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Human rights activists call on EU representatives to raise torture issues at EU-Tajikistan dialogue

The NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan, the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation (Poland) and the International Partnership for Human Rights (Belgium) call on representatives of the European Union to raise the cases of Khoushvakht Qayumov, Shahbol Mirzoyev and Shamsiddin Zaydulloyev at today’s meeting with Tajik officials in Brussels, press release issued by the mentioned organizations on...

11.06.2015 - 16:14
Prevention of violence against children in the closed institutions in Tajikistan

On 25-27 May within the framework of the project on “Progressive abolition of violence against children in detention in Central Asia”, Penal Reform International office in Central Asia is organizing training in Dushanbe for the staff of the penal system, law enforcement agencies, closed institutions and human rights organizations in Tajikistan. This project is funded by the European Union and...

25.05.2015 - 16:41
Court orders border guard directorate to pay compensation to soldier

A court in the Dushanbe military garrison has ordered the Main Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) to pay compensation to the soldier who was seriously injured in hazing incident. We will recall that Shahbol Mirzoyev suffered severe spinal injuries and became paralyzed as the result of bullying in March last year. The Dushanbe military court...

25.05.2015 - 15:54
Six soldiers sentenced to between 2 and 2½ years in jail for hazing incident

Six soldiers of military unit 6592 of the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry have been jailed for hazing incident.      A court of the Dushanbe military garrison sentenced six servicemen of military unit 6592 deployed in Tursunzoda to between 2 and 2 ½ years in prison on May 5. The sentence followed their conviction on the charge of hazing.   Three of them...

05.05.2015 - 21:38
Prosecutor asks for 5-year sentence for six soldiers facing charge of hazing

A court of the Dushanbe military garrison is considering a case of six soldiers of military unit 6592 of the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry who are facing charge of hazing A prosecutor in the trial of the servicemen asked the court on May 5 to sentence them to a five-year prison term each. Private Akbarkhouja Abdurahmonov said today that six soldiers beat him up breaking his jaw...

05.05.2015 - 16:46
Ombudsman advises Tajik authorities to improve prison conditions

In his report on the 2014 activities, Tajik Ombudsman Zarif Alizoda advises the government of Tajikistan to increase financing of penitentiary institutions. The report, in particular, notes that 80 prison inmates died in medical facilities of the Ministry of Justice last year.  25 of them died of tuberculosis and the remaining 55 died of other diseases. In 2014, Tajik ombudsman...

19.03.2015 - 07:36
Draft of Law on limitary service attempts to legalize unlawful rounds ups and raids of conscripts

Organizations of Human rights in Tajikistan and CIS thank the Government Commission on drafting the Law of Tajikistan "Military Duty and Military Service" for the publication of the law on the official website of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan. We welcome the initiative of the Government Commission, as a broad discussion of draft laws gives possibility to realize the right...

04.03.2015 - 11:23
Soldier hospitalized with gunshot wound says he shot himself accidentally

Najmiddin Qayumov, a soldier of one of military units of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) deployed in Dushanbe, who was hospitalized on February 8 with gunshot wound to his head, was transferred from Qariyai Bolo Medical Center to the central hospital of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) today.    “Najmiddin Qayumov said in the presence of his parents the he shot himself in the head by an...

26.02.2015 - 15:24
Torture and other ill-treatment remain widespread in Tajikistan, says AI report

In its Annual Report 2014/2015, which was released today, Amnesty International (AI) notes that torture and other ill-treatment of detainees remained pervasive and impunity for crimes of torture continued in Tajikistan. The government imposed further restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly. Torture and other ill-treatment reportedly remained widespread...

25.02.2015 - 12:29
Torture still widespread in Tajikistan 20 years after the country acceded to anti-torture treaty

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention against Torture) came into force in Tajikistan on 10 February 1995. By acceding to the treaty, the authorities of Tajikistan pledged to protect everybody under their jurisdiction from torture and other forms of ill-treatment, to reflect in law and practice the principles enshrined in the...

10.02.2015 - 17:22

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