Tajkistan, Law-order

19:22, february 15, 2008

Official with Panj standardization agency faces bribery charge

QURGHON TEPPA, February 15, Asia-Plus -- Safar Aliyev, an official with the Panj agency for standardization, metrology, certification and trade inspection, has been arrested on suspicion of

16:55, february 15, 2008

Capital resident sentenced to 6 years in prison for preventing eviction o his family from hostel

DUSHANBE, February 5, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe resident Bobojon Amirov has been sentenced to six years in prison for preventing bailiffs and police from forcibly evicting his family from family

11:32, february 15, 2008

Kulob market head faces charge of violation of fire code

KULOB, February 15, Asia-Plus -- The Kulob regional prosecutor’s office has completed investigation into case of Joumakhon

18:32, february 13, 2008

More than 2 kg of heroin seized by customs officers in Sughd on Tuesday

KHUJAND, February 13, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Sughd customs directorate have worded off an attempt by smugglers to transport more than 2 kilograms of heroin, Asia-Plus has learned at

18:11, february 13, 2008

Woman in Sughd sells her newborn baby for some $350

KHUJAND, February 13, Asia-Plus -- A woman from the Bobojonghafruov district has sold her newborn baby to a family from the

12:08, february 12, 2008

Danghara resident detained for fraud

KULOB, February 12, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Khatlon’s Danghara district Nemon Qosimov has been arrested on suspicion of having

15:25, february 11, 2008

7,568 crimes committed by Tajik nationals in Russia last year

DUSHANBE, February 11, Asia-Plus -- According to information received from Russia’s Ministry оf Interior, Tajik nationals committed 7,569 crimes in the territory of the Russian Federation last

15:41, february 8, 2008

Special group set up to investigate Gharm incident

DUSHANBE, February 8, Asia-Plus -- A special group, comprising officers from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Prosecutor-General’s Office, has been set up to carry out investigation in

11:24, february 8, 2008

Negligence of Dushanbegaz controllers allegedly causes December 7 domestic gas in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE February 8, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe prosecutor’s office attributes a domestic gas blast that occurred in one housing estates of Dushanbe on December 7, 2007 to negligence of

15:39, february 7, 2008

Former security officer sentenced to 14 year in prison

DUSHANBE, February 7, Asia-Plus -- Former security officer has got a long jail term for a number crimes, including drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons.

11:55, february 7, 2008

Two Tajiks detained in Moscow for robbing their fellow-countrymen

DUSHANBE, February 7, Asia-Plus - Two Tajik nationals have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of robbing passengers on the rail route from Dushanbe to Moscow, Muhammad Egamzod, press

16:18, february 6, 2008

Mass fight involving some 50 people occurs outside Agroinvestbonk’s head office in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, February 6, Asia-Plus -- A mass fight involving some 50 young men occurred outside a head office of Agroinvestbonk in Dushanbe Tuesday afternoon.

15:57, february 6, 2008

Lecturer at Khujand University arrested for bribery

KHUJAND, February 6, Asia-Plus -- Lecturer at Khujand State University has been arrested on suspicion of having taken bribe from students.

19:13, february 5, 2008

MoI releases statement on he Gharm incident

In a statement released on February 5, in particular, names persons involved in an attack on the OMON servicemen.

15:23, february 5, 2008

Member of Mouminobod legislature faces charges of polygamy and killing

QURGHON TEPPA, February 5, Asia-Plus -- A regional prosecutor’s office in the Khatlon province has instituted criminal proceedings against member of the Mouminobod district legislature

13:05, february 1, 2008

One of supporters of rebellious Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev gets long jail term

DUSHANBE, February 1, Asia-Plus -- Ahmad Rahmonov, one of supporters of the rebellious Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev, has got a long jail term.

11:46, january 29, 2008

Case of journalists closed; the sides reconciled

DUSHANBE, January 29, Asia-Plus - A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district held the last hearing of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza (Rumors)

14:13, january 28, 2008

Internationally wanted Georgia’s citizen detained in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 28, Asia-Plus -- A 38-year-old citizen of Georgia Givi Kupradze has been detained in Tajikistan for armed robbery, a source at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) told Asia-Plus

19:21, january 25, 2008

Court to pass verdict on journalists’ case next week

DUSHANBE, January 25, Asia-Plus - A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district has scheduled the last hearing of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza

15:02, january 23, 2008

Followers of the religious Salafiya movement appear in Tajikistan, says minister of interiors

Speaking to journalist, Minister of Interiors Mahmadnazar Solehov has noted that followers of the religious Salafiya movement, which is considered in many countries as extremist organization,

17:45, january 22, 2008

Anticorruption agency accuses Dushanbegaz of embezzlements

DUSHANBE, January 22, Asia-Plus -- A damage caused to state by illegal activity of Dushanbegaz (Dushanbe natural-gas distributor) last year is 3.

15:19, january 22, 2008

Anticorruption agency purges its ranks

DUSHANBE, January 22, Asia-Plus -- Sherkhon Salimzoda, Director of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption, told a news conference in Dushanbe on Monday that the

13:55, january 22, 2008

Hearing of case of reporters for tabloid newspaper resumes today

DUSHANBE, January 22, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district has resumed consideration of a case of three female reporters for the Dushanbe tabloid newspaper Ovoza

13:45, january 22, 2008

Case of Orima top manager remitted for further inquiry

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12:35, january 19, 2008

Trial of alleged supporter of rebellious Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev starts in Khujand

DUSHANBE, January 19, Asia-Plus -- The trial of Ahmad Rahmonov, alleged supporter of the rebellious Colonel Mahmoud Khudoiberdiyev, began in a regional court in the Sughd province on January

18:27, january 18, 2008

616 servicemen convicted in Tajikistan last year

DUSHANBE, January 18, Asia-Plus -- “616 servicemen were convicted in Tajikistan last year,” Sayfullo Giyoyev, chairman of the military board of the Supreme Court, remarked at a news

14:37, january 17, 2008

Tajik anticorruption agency chief to attend Bali conference on strengthening integrity and fighting corruption

DUSHANBE, January 17, Asia-Plus -- Sherkhon Salimov, Director of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption, will represent Tajikistan at an international conference on

12:14, january 17, 2008

Alleged murderers of former deputy Tajik chief prosecutor extradited to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, January 17, Asia-Plus -- Three Tajik nationals, Daniyar Adilov, Ibrohim Mirzorahimov and Jabbor Beknazarov, who are suspected of having killed former Deputy Tajik Prosecutor

20:51, january 16, 2008

Holding Yoqub Salimov in justice ministry-run prison cell quite legal, says justice minister

DUSHANBE, January 16, Asia-Plus -- Ii is quite legal that former Interior Minister Yoqub Salimov is still being held in the Justice Ministry-run prison cell, Justice Minister Bakhtiyor

18:52, january 16, 2008

Former assessor in the Supreme Court, charged with killing and pedophilia, gets life jail term

DUSHANBE, January 16, Asia-Plus -- Former assessor in the Supreme Court, Bekmurod Kholiqov, has got a life jail term for killings, illegal possession of weapons and pedophilia.