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HRW, NHC urge Tajik authorities to release everyone imprisoned on politically motivated charges

The government’s persecution in Tajikistan of its domestic opposition in recent months has reportedly been relentless and systematic. A briefing paper issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) on February 17 documents how the hunt for critics of Tajik authorities is extending far beyond the country’s borders. Recent research by Human Rights Watch and...

18.02.2016 - 15:24
Central Asia: Training on compensation of moral harm suffered through torture

04 February 2016 – Thirty-three NGO activists, lawyers and psychologists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan participate in the training “Compensation of moral harm suffered through torture”, organized by the NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, which takes place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 3 to 5 February 2016. Dmitry Kazakov, Sergey Romanov (both from the NGO...

08.02.2016 - 15:53
Training on Strategic approaches to Public Media and Government relations for NGOs

Twenty-six NGO activists of the NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and experienced anti-torture journalists participated in the training “Strategic Approaches to Public, Media and Government Relations for NGOs”, which was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 1 and 2 February 2016. The training -- organized by the NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan...

04.02.2016 - 20:03
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

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