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A new high-security penal colony being built in the Vahdat

A new high-security penal colony, which will accommodate 2,000 inmates, is reportedly being built in the Vahdat Township. An official source at Tajikistan’s Penitentiary System at the Ministry of Justice says one of Bulgarian companies has designed the new penal colony and inmates of penal colony # 1, which is located in the center of Dushanbe, will be transferred to the new penal colony in...

01.02.2016 - 11:25
Human Rights conference in Central Asia

Navigating the United Nations human rights system can be a challenge, particularly for countries that are relatively new to the process. This has been the case in central Asia, where most countries have ratified the majority of the core human rights treaties. In doing so, these countries have committed to report to various UN committees that monitor treaty obligations.  In addition they...

28.01.2016 - 14:01
OSCE Office in Tajikistan training course highlights need for respecting human rights of detained persons

The OSCE Office in Tajikistan, with the support of the Swiss Co-operation Office, today concluded a three-day training course on the human rights of persons in police custody and the independent monitoring of police detention facilities. The training at the OSCE Office premises brought together 30 participants, including representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Office of the...

18.12.2015 - 10:45
Training on human rights and monitoring for the Tajik police

The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) will run a training co-organized with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on human rights and monitoring on 15-16 December in Dushanbe, Tajikistan In addition to law enforcement agents from various police forces and representatives from the Home Ministry, participants will also include staff members of the...

15.12.2015 - 08:47
Tajikistan: Meet Nigina: Towards a functioning system that leaves no room for torture

 Nigina Bakhrieva’s visceral sense of justice was passed on to by her parents, as she quickly demonstrated by following in the footsteps of her father – a prosecutor – in standing firmly for the rule of law. “It’s what I learned as I child, “ she says. “When I witness human rights abuses, I cannot be indifferent; I take action.” And her career could not have been more ominous. Nigina...

06.12.2015 - 20:46
Kulob resident detained on suspicion of participating in the recent deadly attack on recruiting offi

The Interior Ministry’s website reported on November 13 that a 21-year-old resident of the city of Kulob Umedjon Amrokhon has been detained on suspicion of participating in the recent deadly attack on a group of military recruiting officers in Dushanbe. Police are reportedly seeking the second suspect involved in that deadly attack on military recruiting officers.  We will recall that...

14.11.2015 - 10:05
IRP leading members’ lawyer at risk of torture, says Amnesty International

International non-government human rights organization, Amnesty International (AI), says Buzurgmehr Yorov, a lawyer representing members of the arbitrarily banned Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRP), has been arrested on fraud charges and is at risk of torture and ill treatment. In a statement released on October 1, Ai, in particular, notes that “the timing indicates that the charges are...

02.10.2015 - 09:21
Raising concerns about torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at the 2015 OSCE HDIM

At this year’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, representatives of the coalitions against torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland) and International Partnership for Human Rights present their analyzes of the situation regarding torture and ill-treatment in the three Central Asian countries to representatives of...

26.09.2015 - 13:20
Human Rights Watch calls on Moldova not to extradite Sobir Valiev to Tajikistan

International non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls on the Moldovan authorities to refrain from issuing an opposition activist Sobir Valiev to Tajikistan. In a Monday statement, HRW said that the Moldovan government should not extradite S. Valiyev to Tajikistan, where he can expect torture or cruel treatment. It is noted that on 11th of August the deputy chairman of...

18.08.2015 - 20:03
One more conscript returned to Khistevarz village in coffin from army

The body of one more conscript has been returned to the Khistevarz jamoat in Sughd’s Bobojonghafourov district from army. The body of conscript Parviz Dustmatov, 20, who had served in border unit in the Saghirdasht area of GBAO’s Darvoz district, was brought to Khistevarz on July 13. Parviz Doustmatov voluntarily answered the called and he had to serve another eight months before he would...

15.07.2015 - 16:24

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