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“Murder suspect” reportedly tortured to confess

Amnesty International (AI) reports that a 45-year-old man, who was arrested on July 13 on suspicion of the murder of President Rahmon’s brother-in-law, is now in police custody in the capital, Dushanbe, where witnesses say he has been tortured and otherwise ill-treated to force him to confess. The husband of President Rahmon’s elder sister was found dead on June 13: he had been shot several...

25.07.2012 - 12:01
UN Committee Against Torture prepares list of issues to be considered by Tajik government

\The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) has prepared the list of issues to be considered in connection with the consideration of the second periodic report of Tajikistan. Ms. Nigina Bahriyeva, the head of the Nota Bene Public Association, says the list includes issues related to the fulfillment by Tajikistan of its obligations on preventing torture and ill-treatment. The Committee, in...

23.07.2012 - 14:48
Tajik law enforcement authorities take measures to prevent the use of torture

Tajik law enforcement authorities are taking measures to prevent the use of torture and other ill-treatment by security officials. In a report released at a roundtable in Dushanbe, Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimov noted that on July 13 that a new position – an assistant to chief of police department for interaction with the public -- has been introduced in police stations in all cities and...

13.07.2012 - 18:13
Tajikistan: torture unchecked in the absence of rule of law

Amnesty International has announced a report chronicling routine torture and abuse in detention centers throughout Tajikistan. The full report, entitled “Shattered Lives: Torture and Other Ill-Treatment by Law Enforcement Officials in Tajikistan” takes an in-depth look at the treatment of those held in police custody. “The torture methods used by the security forces are shocking: involving...

12.07.2012 - 17:08

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