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Cast History Dilshodbek Murodov

In March 2009 a court convicted 46-year old Dilshodbek Murodov of selling drugs illegally and sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment. He began to serve his long sentence. Everything, including one’s life, was strictly regimented in prison. Prison made Dilshodbek realize that you value freedom least when you are free and most once you have lost it. He awaited his release patiently. His mother...

31.05.2021 - 16:44
Monitoring: prevention of domestic violence is strengthened

Monitoring[1]: prevention of domestic violence is strengthened It should be noted that the monitoring of the implementation progress of the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture for 2019-2022 in the interval of 2019-2020 was prepared by the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Civil Society Coalition against...

31.05.2021 - 10:33
Case History Ismoil Bachajonov

The young woman in a traditional scarf browses through family photos: “This is us in the main square of the capital city, this is us with our first child, here are our three children…” She pauses to collect herself, overwhelmed by memories and tears. Savriniso Gulova’s life is no longer the same. She was deprived of her bit of family happiness and is now a widow. In January 2011 her husband,...

30.05.2021 - 16:33
Case History Bahromiddin Shodiev

Dushanbe, 17 October 2011. On that day three plainclothes policemen, accompanied by the local precinct police inspector, apprehended 28-year old Bahromiddin Shodiev in the entrance to his block of flats and drove him to the Shomansur District police department in the capital. Some time later the police phoned the mother of the detained and demanded that she bring 800 somonis, money she was...

29.05.2021 - 16:24
We invite you to the photo exhibition in support of victims of torture

On June 15, the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan invites you to a photo exhibition dedicated to the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The photo exhibition will present the stories of actual victims of torture and their relatives, whose cases have been handled by Coalition lawyers. Through the images, the photographer tried to convey the grief...

28.05.2021 - 18:08
Case Story Safarali Sangov

The news of the death of 37-old Safarali Sangov from Dushanbe in March 2011 caused a nationwide outcry. Independent media reported that Sangov died at the Karabolo National Medical Centre four days after being brought there, in a coma and with numerous injuries to the body, from the Department of Internal Affairs Nr. 1 of the capital's Sino district. The dramatic picture of the day can be...

28.05.2021 - 15:56
Monitoring: CCTV cameras installed in all military units

Monitoring[1]: CCTV cameras installed in all military units It should be noted that the monitoring of the implementation progress of the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture for 2019-2022 in the interval of 2019-2020 was prepared by the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Civil Society Coalition against...

28.05.2021 - 10:24
Case History Ilhom Ismanov

Each story recounted in this book resembles the previous one in some way, while also being unique.  Ilhom Ismanov's story is unique in that, after all the torment and pain he suffered he has SURVIVED. And that alone instills hope in his wife and two children, gives them strength to keep going until they are reunited. But until that happens, 3 November 2010, the date Ilhom was abducted,...

27.05.2021 - 15:48
Monitoring: ensuring guarantees of the rights of military servicemen

Monitoring[1]: ensuring guarantees of the rights of military servicemen It should be noted that the monitoring of the implementation progress of the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture for 2019-2022 in the interval of 2019-2020 was prepared by the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Civil Society...

27.05.2021 - 13:02
Case History Khurshed Bobokalonov

The story of 33-year old Khurshed Bobokalonov, a gifted and promising young oncologist, is not very different from many similar stories that occur during arrest or in detention. His death was as pointless as it was tragic. It was a hot Saturday of June 27, 2009 and the country was marking the annual Day of National Reconciliation. The law enforcement officials patrolled the centre of the...

26.05.2021 - 15:32

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