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Tajikistan: arrest of lawyer is a threat to the independence of the profession

  The ICJ expressed concern at today’s arrest of Fakhriddin Zokirov, a prominent defence lawyer who had represented the former Minister of Industry, Zaid Sayidov.   The former Minister was recently convicted for a number of crimes including polygamy, receiving a bribe, rape, fraud, illegal confinement and sentenced to 26 years of imprisonment.   The ICJ is concerned...

09.03.2014 - 15:28
PRI launches Investigative International Journalism Competition

The death penalty remains in many parts of the globe, while around the world people are imprisoned for decades at a time. While trials, sentences and executions often make the headlines, other features of the death penalty and life imprisonment are largely unknown. Penal Reform International is launching a competition for the best journalism investigating the death penalty and life (or long-...

27.02.2014 - 14:49
Official information: IRP activist dies in custody of thrombotic embolism

Ms. Fayziniso Vohidova, a lawyer from the northern Sughd province, says she has received an official document from the Center foe Forensic Medical Examination regarding the death of the Islamic Revival Party activist in the northern city of Isfara, Umedjon Tojiyev. “According to this document, Umedjon Tojiyev died in custody of thrombotic embolism,” Vohidova told Asia-Plus in an interview....

24.02.2014 - 19:16
“Tajikistan still needs to breach the gap between policies and reality” – UN rights expert

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, today urged the Government of Tajikistan to fully implement its policies for the eradication and prevention of torture and ill-treatment. “Tajikistan still needs to breach the gap between policies and reality,” Mr. Méndez stressed at the end of a three-day follow-up visit to the Republic of Tajikistan to evaluate the level of...

12.02.2014 - 21:54
Meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

On 10 February, 2014 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Mr. Sirodjidin Aslov met with the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment Mr. Juan Méndez. During the meeting, issues on implementation of the Convention against Torture and Recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the Prevention of Torture in Tajikistan...

10.02.2014 - 13:45
Front Line Defenders launches Olympics campaign on 12 human rights defenders

‘Rights. Risks. Change!’ Campaign to focus attention on targeted human rights defenders Front Line Defenders launched an online and social media campaign today to focus attention on the plight of 12 human rights defenders (HRDs) from Eastern Europe and Central Asia coinciding with the launch of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The ‘Rights. Risks. Change!’ campaign (www.sportshrd.org)...

10.02.2014 - 10:32
Forthcoming Visit by the Special Rapporteur and the ATI Team to the Tajikistan

As part of the follow-up efforts of the Anti-Torture Initiative, the Special Rapporteur is pleased to announce his follow-up visit to the Republic of Tajikistan, which will take place between February 10 and 13, 2014. During the visit, the Special Rapporteur and the ATI team will meet with high-level Government officials, local civil society partners, and representatives from UN agencies and...

07.02.2014 - 21:58
UN Special Rapporteur on torture expected to visit Tajikistan next week

The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Mr. Juan E. Mendez, will visit Tajikistan from February 10-12, Tajikistan’s Human Rights Ombudsman Zarif Alizoda announced at a news conference in Dushanbe on February 7. “During his previous visit to Tajikistan, the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment...

07.02.2014 - 14:48
‘Nobody died of exposure in Dushanbe jails,’ says Ombudsman’s Office representative

Representative of Tajik Ombudsman’s Office, Husniddin Nidoyev, visited pretrial detention facility # 9/1 and penal colony # 3/1 in Dushanbe yesterday afternoon, and according to him, no one prison inmate died of exposure to cold “as some media sources reported Thursday morning.” “I also talked to Mahmadrahim Saidov, who allegedly died of exposure to cold while in disciplinary cell. I did not...

07.02.2014 - 10:10
European Union supports torture prevention actions in Tajikistan

The European Union has started funding regional project entitled: "Action for freedom from torture in Kazakhstan andTajikistan" under the "European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights" programme (EIDHR), for a total amount of EUR 1 156 690. As inform NoTorture.Tj Mahbuba Abdullaeva, Press and Information Officer of the EU Delegation to...

05.02.2014 - 16:47

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