Tajkistan, Law-order

19:05, november 28, 2006

Another head of farming unit in Temurmalik faces misappropriation charges

QURGHON TEPPA, November 28, Asia-Plus - Rustam Talbakov, head of the farming unit Kongurt in Temurmalik district of Khatlon, faces charge of misappropriation of state funds, according to the

11:47, november 22, 2006

Trial of alleged killer of Tajik defense academy head starts Monday

DUSHANBE, November 22, Asia-Plus -- The trail of two residents of the Qubodiyon district in Khatlon, Komiljon Huseinov and Komiljon Botirov, began in Tajikistan’s Supreme Court on November 21.

11:21, november 16, 2006

Trial of alleged masterminds of last year’s Dushanbe blasts continues

The trial of 11 persons charged with planning and organizing explosions in Dushanbe on January 31 and June 13 last is continuing in the Supreme Court.

20:50, november 1, 2006

Court overturns fine order in TajikAir legal victory

DUSHANBE, November 1, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s national carrier TajikAir will not pay a fine of 160,000 somonis (more than US$47,000) imposed on it by the antimonopoly commission.

11:31, october 31, 2006

Dushanbe mayor holds meeting on preparations for winter

DUSAHNBE, October 31, Asia-Plus -- Today morning, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid is presiding over a meeting of the mayor’s office to discuss preparations for the autumn and winter period of 2006-2007.

11:22, october 25, 2006

Some 5,000 prisoners released under this year’s amnesty, says justice minister

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus - According to the latest data, 4,950 people, including 263 women, 20 minors, 59 elderly people, 31 disabled people, as well as nine veterans of the Great Patriotic

13:22, october 23, 2006

Police ward off attempt of smuggling of precious stones in Sughd

DUSHANBE, October 23, Asia-Plus - Tajik police last week warded off an attempt by Sughd resident to smuggle precious stones out of the country, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

10:17, october 17, 2006

Prosecutor accuses some officials of drug trafficking

Chief prosecutor claims that some officials from the power-wielding structures protect drug dealers, trying to influence the course of criminal proceedings instituted against them.

14:07, october 16, 2006

Attempt on three Isfara officials solved; five IMU members detained

DUSHANBE, October 16, Asia-Plus - The country’s law enforcement agencies have solved an attempt on lives of three Isfara officials that was committed on September 27, Mahmadsaid Juraqulov, the head

12:57, october 16, 2006

Tajik interior official reports on law-enforcement officers charged with crimes

DUSHANBE, October 16, Asia-Plus - Major-General Emomali Azimov, the chief of the Interior Ministry department for internal investigation, told journalists in Dushanbe on October 16 that that

10:51, october 16, 2006

Institute for Raising Professionalism of Lawyers established in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 16, Asia-Plus -- An official opening of the Institute to Raise the Professionalism of Lawyers was held in Dushanbe on October 14.

14:12, october 13, 2006

Higher Economic Court transfers some US$115,000 to national budget

DUSHANBE, October 13, Asia-Plus - Amirkhoja Ghoibnazarov, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Higher Economic Court, told a news conference in Dushanbe yesterday that in January-September 2006, the court has

12:19, october 13, 2006

Tajikistan joins UN Convention against Corruption

DUSHANBE, October 13, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has joined the United Nations Convention against Corruption, according to the UNDP Country Office.

16:01, october 12, 2006

Mizoyev’s lawyer claims he has not yet received copy of verdict against his client

DUSHANBE, October 12, Asia-Plus - The Supreme Court has already issued a copy of its verdict against given the former commander of the presidential guards and former drug control chief of

14:24, october 11, 2006

Independence Day Amnesty concludes

DUSHANBE, October 11, Asia-Plus -- 3,960 people, including 252 women, 20 minors and 108 foreign citizens, have been released under Tajikistan’s amnesty law this year, according to the penal system

16:14, october 5, 2006

Four Tajik border guards get extended jail terms

KHUJAND, October 5, Asia-Plus - A military court in Khujand has sentenced four servicemen at frontier post Lakkon at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border in Isfara to lengthy terms in jail for negligence.

11:00, october 5, 2006

Tajik prosecutor claims Nasrulloyev is still internationally wanted

DUSHANBE, October 5, Asia-Plus -- Although the former head of the Tajik consumer union (Tojikmatlubot), Habibullo Nasrulloyev, has been released, he is still wanted internationally, said Bahodur

16:35, october 4, 2006

Afghan faces charges of illegally crossing border

KULOB, October 4, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in Kulob has completed investigation of case of Afghan citizen, a 49-year-old Ajabkhon valadi Allayor and brought the case into the Khatlon

14:21, october 3, 2006

Russian Supreme Court refuses to extradite Tajik ex-minister

DUSHANBE, October 3, Asia-Plus – On Monday October 2, Russia''s Supreme Court rejected an appeal from prosecutors against a lower court''s refusal to extradite a former Tajik consumer’s union

12:01, september 28, 2006

Amnesty declared on occasion of Tajikistan’s Independence near completion

DUSAHNBE, September 28, Asia-Plus - 3,070, including 150 women, had been released under Tajikistan’s amnesty law by September 2, according to the penal system department of the Ministry of Justice

11:00, september 28, 2006

Ghaffor Mirzoyev’s lawyers and relatives not allowed meeting with him

DUSHANBE, September 28, Asia-Plus - Abduqayum Yusufov, defense lawyer for the former commander of the presidential guards and former drug control chief of Tajikistan Ghaffor Mirzoyev, said he has

19:08, september 26, 2006

Six detained in Khatlon this year for public for call for forcible overthrow of Tajikistan’s present constitutional order

QURGHON TEPPA, September 26, Asia-Plus -- Over the past eight months, the law enforcement agencies in Khatlon have instituted three criminal proceedings against six persons on charges of the public

12:02, september 21, 2006

Pair from Muminobod faces libel charges

KULOB, September 21, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor’s office in Kulob has brought charges against a couple in the Muminobod district, Firuza Umarova and Karim Najotov, under four articles of

13:29, september 20, 2006

Four border guards go on trial in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, September 20, Asia-Plus - The trial of four servicemen of the frontier post “Lakkon” at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border in Isfara began in a military court in Khujand, the capital of the Sughd

12:50, september 20, 2006

Heads of supreme courts from SCO member nations meet in Shanghai

DUSHANBE, September 20, Asia-Plus - Heads and senior representatives of supreme courts from member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have gathered in Shanghai for their first

10:58, september 13, 2006

Amnesty of prisoners in Tajikistan ongoing. Almost third of prisoners liable to amnesty released

DUSHANBE, September 13, Asia-Plus -- In Dushanbe, 191 prisoners have been granted amnesty since the amnesty law adopted on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Tajikistan’s

13:51, september 5, 2006

Known Tajik poet and writer Nizom Qosim heads children’s TV channel “Bahoriston”

DUSAHNBE, September 5, Asia-Plus - Monday afternoon, President Emomali Rahmonov attended a ceremony of opening of children’s TV channel “Bahoriston” in Dushanbe.

10:14, september 4, 2006

40 other prisoners granted amnesty in northern Tajikistan

More than 300 prisoners, including 150 women, have been released under amnesty law in Tajikistan by September 2.

13:05, august 31, 2006

Kulob prosecutor’s office probes head of Kolkhozobod technical inventorying bureau

KULOB, August 31, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted criminal proceedings against Mirzosharif Mahsiddinov, the head of the Kolkhozobod technical inventorying bureau, and

13:35, august 30, 2006

SCO supreme court chairmen to gather in Shanghai to discuss cooperation issues

DUSAHNBE, August 30, Asia-Plus -- Chairman of Tajikistan’s Supreme Court Izbillo Khojayev along with his counterparts from other member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will