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The Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA, Uzbekistan, established by political emigres in France), the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR, Turkmenistan, based in exile in Austria) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) deplore the fact that law enforcement officers in Central Asia...

19.09.2017 - 12:44

The OSCE’s Programme Office in Dushanbe opened a three-day training seminar on the rights of persons arrested and detained by law enforcement agencies on 29 August 2017 in Dushanbe.  Some 25 justice system stakeholders, including representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan and members of Public Councils, which conduct public monitoring of police activities, will be...

31.08.2017 - 12:19

Nine representatives of the human rights groups International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, Belgium, project leader), Public Foundation“Nota Bene” (Tajikistan) and Independent Centre for Human Rights Protection (Tajikistan) met in Dushanbe to discuss the implementation of the EU-funded project “Coordinated civil society action to monitor the implementation of international and...

04.07.2017 - 17:29

On 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights and International Partnership for Human Rights are calling on the authorities of all five Central Asian countries to prevent torture, punish the perpetrators...

26.06.2017 - 16:36

Dear friends, we are informing you that the photo exhibition scheduled for June 28 in Vakhdat, dedicated to the memory of victims of torture and ill-treatment in the country, is postponed for technical reasons to another day. We will inform you about the exact date latter. The rest of the events will be held according to the plan. We apologize for any inconvenience...

25.06.2017 - 16:31

Within the framework of an EU-funded human rights project, the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan is implementing the campaign "I am against torture today, tomorrow, always!" on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which is celebrated annually on 26 June. From 19 June until the end of June, the Coalition each day presents photo...

23.06.2017 - 19:14

Relatives of Tajik labor migrant, who was beaten to death by Russian policemen, will receive 200,000 Russian rubles (equivalent to 3,000 U.S. dollars) in moral compensation though they demanded 3 million Russian rubles as compensation.    According to information posted on the website of Russia’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture, a curt in Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsk district...

20.05.2017 - 08:33

The European Union is financing a new project entitled “Coordinated civil society action to monitor the implementation of international and national human rights obligations in Tajikistan” under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR). The project will be implemented by International Partnership for Human Rights (Belgium, project leader) and the Public Foundation “Nota...

29.04.2017 - 09:55

"The Civil Society Coalition Against Torture and Illegitimacy in the Republic of Tajikistan expresses its concern over the dispersal by the police of the participants of the Third Annual Exhibition of International Education dedicated to the Year of Youth in the Republic of Tajikistan initiated by “Multikid” educational agency. "Students and their parents who came to the exhibition from all...

05.04.2017 - 13:40

A border guard officer has got a lengthy jail term for extortion and abuse of power.   The Dushanbe military court sentenced Yoribek Saidov, the commander of platoon at military unit 2747 of Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), to nine years in prison on March 28.  The sentence followed his conviction on charges of extortion (Article 250 of Tajikistan...

29.03.2017 - 11:18

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