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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
‘Say NO to Torture’ action takes place in Dushanbe

An action entitled “Say No to Torture” took place in Dushanbe on June 26. The action, dedicated to the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, was held by the NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan in Vefa Center under support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and the Tajik Branch of the Open Society Institute/Assistance Foundation (OSI/AF-Tajikistan). A photo exhibition...

26.06.2015 - 16:28
Commanders of military unit in which conscript died after being beaten fired

Commanders of regiment, battalion and company from military unit 04080 in which a conscript died after being severely beaten have been fired, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), told Asia-Plus in an interview. “The further fate of these commanders will be determined upon completion of investigation,” Mahmadaliyev said. A MoD admitted on June 11 that the 22-...

16.06.2015 - 16:18
Tajik defense ministry admits conscript beaten to death

The Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan (MoD) has admitted that the 22-year-old conscript who died on June 7 was severely beaten. Firdavs Rahmatov from the city of Khujand, the capital of Sughd province was called up for military service on May 7 and on June 7 his body was handed over to his father Ghani Rahmatov. Firdavs had served in military unit 04080 deployed in the northern city of...

11.06.2015 - 16:20
Human rights activists call on EU representatives to raise torture issues at EU-Tajikistan dialogue

The NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan, the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation (Poland) and the International Partnership for Human Rights (Belgium) call on representatives of the European Union to raise the cases of Khoushvakht Qayumov, Shahbol Mirzoyev and Shamsiddin Zaydulloyev at today’s meeting with Tajik officials in Brussels, press release issued by the mentioned organizations on...

11.06.2015 - 16:14
Prevention of violence against children in the closed institutions in Tajikistan

On 25-27 May within the framework of the project on “Progressive abolition of violence against children in detention in Central Asia”, Penal Reform International office in Central Asia is organizing training in Dushanbe for the staff of the penal system, law enforcement agencies, closed institutions and human rights organizations in Tajikistan. This project is funded by the European Union and...

25.05.2015 - 16:41
Court orders border guard directorate to pay compensation to soldier

A court in the Dushanbe military garrison has ordered the Main Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) to pay compensation to the soldier who was seriously injured in hazing incident. We will recall that Shahbol Mirzoyev suffered severe spinal injuries and became paralyzed as the result of bullying in March last year. The Dushanbe military court...

25.05.2015 - 15:54
Six soldiers sentenced to between 2 and 2½ years in jail for hazing incident

Six soldiers of military unit 6592 of the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry have been jailed for hazing incident.      A court of the Dushanbe military garrison sentenced six servicemen of military unit 6592 deployed in Tursunzoda to between 2 and 2 ½ years in prison on May 5. The sentence followed their conviction on the charge of hazing.   Three of them...

05.05.2015 - 21:38

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