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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
Tajikistan’s Universal Periodic Review to be discussed in Geneva on May 6

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tajikistan will be discussed at the UPR Working Group’s 25th session in Geneva on May 6, 2016. Meanwhile, members of the NGO Coalition against Torture 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...

05.05.2016 - 09:23
Tajikistan reportedly reaches 80 percent of its spring conscription campaign target

By May 1, Tajikistan has reached 80 percent of the spring conscription campaign target, Colonel Faridoun Mahmadalizoda, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), told Asia-Plus in an interview. In the territorial cross section the percentage the target reached was: Gorno Badakhshan – 87 percent; Khatlon – 94 percent; Sughd – 75 percent; districts subordinate to the center (RRPs) – 73...

03.05.2016 - 18:10
20-year-old man accused of fatal attack on recruitment officers gets jail term of 30 years

A 20-year-old Umedjon Amrokhon, who is accused of the fatal attack on recruitment officers in Dushanbe, has got a long jail term. The Dushanbe city court sentenced Umedjon Amrokhon to 30 years in prison on April 27.  The sentence followed his conviction on charges of murder of two and more persons and murder of on-duty persons.  Amrokhon will serve his term in a high-security penal...

28.04.2016 - 11:01
Prisoner’s mother demands compensation from penitentiary department for her son’s death

The mother of a prisoner, who died after he was allegedly beaten in prison, demands compensation from the Penitentiary Department at the Ministry of Justice. Lubat Burhonova, the mother of prisoner Dilshodbek Murodov, has filed a lawsuit in a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district demanding the Penitentiary Department pay 334,000 somoni in damages for moral losses. Murodov’s family...

27.04.2016 - 10:06
Central Asian activists briefed EU officials on human rights

On 20 and 21 April 2016, representatives of Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR), Nota Bene (Tajikistan), and the NGO coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan met European Union (EU) representatives in Brussels to discuss recommendations aimed at strengthening human rights protection and torture prevention in the three Central Asian...

26.04.2016 - 18:43
Interior Ministry pays compensation to Khoushvakht Qayumov

The Interior Ministry has paid compensation to Khoushvakht Qayumov who underwent torture at Yovon police station several years ago. Lawyer Gulchehra Kholmatova, who represented Khoushvakht Qayumov in court, says the Interior Ministry paid 16,000 somoni to Khoushvakht Qayumov on April 21. “This amount, however, is unfair and not enough compared to physical and moral suffering my client...

26.04.2016 - 18:08
Anti-torture group seeks partners in Kulob

The NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan (Coalition) is seeking partners in Kulob. A working group of representatives of the anti-torture group and their potential partners, entitled “Fight against Torture in Tajikistan: Opportunities for Cooperation,” has taken place at the Kulob State University to discuss ways to combat torture in the country. Member of the Civil Assistance...

12.04.2016 - 19:22

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