Tajkistan, Law-order

12:00, may 31, 2006

Top manager of farming unit “Kushkiya” in Temurmalik faces embezzlement charges

QURGHON TEPPA, May 31, Asia-Plus - Criminal proceedings have been instituted against chairman of the farming unit “Kushkiya” in the district of Temurmalik (Khatlon province) Abdulvahob Abdulkhayrov

11:48, may 31, 2006

Resident of Jilikul district jailed for raping minor

QURGHON TEPPA, May 31, Asia-Plus - A court in the Jilikul district of Khatlon has sentenced local resident Rozymurat Amriddinov to 16 years in jail.

13:01, may 30, 2006

Tver court of Moscow considers issue of lawfulness of keeping Tajik ex-official under arrest

DUSHANBE, May 30, Asia-Plus – A Tver court of Moscow today began consideration of the issue of lawfulness of keeping Habibullo Nasrulloyev, former head of Tajikistan’s “Tojikmatlubot”

14:10, may 29, 2006

Some 1,320 people placed in jobs in Khatlon since the beginning of the year

QURGHON TEPPA, May 29, Asia-Plus - 30 enterprises and organizations of Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province, offered totaling 480 vacancies in a vacancies’ fair that was held in

14:01, may 29, 2006

Resident of Khujand sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing 11-year-old boy

KHUJAND, May 29, Asia-Plus - A regional court in the Sughd province has sentenced a 20-year-old resident of Khujand Firdavs Ghafurov to life imprisonment for kidnapping and killing a 11-old-year

10:23, may 29, 2006

Tajik Supreme Court sentences resident of Tursunzoda to life imprisonment for raping minor

DUSHANBE, May 29, Asia-Plus -- On Friday May 26, Tajikistan’s Supreme Court completed consideration of criminal proceedings instituted against a 25-year-old resident of Tursunzoda Dilshod

12:33, may 25, 2006

Airline “Tojikiston” fined liable to fine of 160,000 Somonis for ignoring antimonopoly commission’s ruling to lower individual air fares

DUSHANBE , May 25, Asia-Plus - Tajik Antimonopoly Committee has imposed a fine of 160,000 Somonis (equivalent to 8,000 minimal monthly wages) on Tajik State Air Company

10:52, may 24, 2006

Drug dealer known as “Peshchera” detained in Kulob

KULOB, May 24, Asia-Plus - A 40-year-old resident of Kulob Safarali Odinayev better known under the nickname “Peshchera” (cave) has been detained on the charge under Article 200, Point 3 of Tajik

12:05, may 23, 2006

Sughd court jails six IMU members

KHUJAND, May 23, Asia-Plus - A regional court in Sughd has completed consideration of criminal proceedings instituted against six members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) and sentenced

15:00, may 19, 2006

Court in Khujand sentences 10 activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir to long terms in prison

Ten top figures of in Hizb ut-Tahrir network in Sughd have been sentenced to long terms in prison, ranging from 9 to 13 years, for inciting religious enmity and issuing calls to overthrow the

13:20, may 18, 2006

Serviceman of Russian military base detained for hijacking car

DUSHANBE , May 18, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Dushanbe traffic police yesterday detained a 22-year-old serviceman of Russian military base stationed in

12:48, may 18, 2006

Over 200 contraband Tajik carpets intercepted in Russia’s republic of Mordovia

DUSHANBE , May 18, Asia-Plus -- Customs officers of the Russian republic of Mordovia seized 219 contraband Tajik carpets on May 17, the “Regions”

15:35, may 11, 2006

SDPT leader to be summoned to prosecutor-general’s office over his political prisoners claim: Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, May 11, Asia-Plus -- Rahmatillo Zoirov, the leader of Tajikistan’s Social-Democratic Party (SDPT), will be summoned to Tajik Prosecutor’s Office in connection with his political prisoners

15:20, may 11, 2006

Tajik chef prosecutor denies rumors about instituting criminal proceedings against former Tajik energy minister

DUSHANBE , May 11, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan ’s Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov telling a telephone press conference today denied rumors that criminal

14:06, may 11, 2006

We have still to establish whether the detained police officers are involved in death of the IRPT activist or not: Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE , May 11, Asia-Plus - The circumstances of death of Sadullo Marupov, an activist of Tajikistan ’s Islamic Revival Party in Isfara (IRPT), remain

13:12, may 8, 2006

Medical worker arrested in Vose for drug pushing

DUSHANBE , May 8, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Interior Ministry’s department for combating drug trafficking (drug police) intercepted more than seven kilograms of drugs

10:47, may 5, 2006

Lawyer representing two nurses denounces court’s ruling and vows to appeal to city court

DUSAHNBE, May 5, Asia-Plus -- The Ismoili Somoni district court sentenced two nurses working with the “Chorbogh” orphanage, Zarnigor Jamshedova and Ganjina Ustoqadamova, to five years in prison

14:50, may 4, 2006

Chorbogh orphanage director given 15 years

The Ismoili Somonis court today sentenced nine persons found guilty of the Dushanbe orphanage fire to various terms of imprisonment ranging between two and fifteen years.

13:22, may 3, 2006

One of associates of Saidmukhtor Yorov jailed

DUSHANBE , May 3, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan ’s Supreme Court sentenced former member of illegal armed formation Ayubjon Bekov to 16 years in prison on May 2.

12:24, may 3, 2006

Court in Ismoili Somoni district of Dushanbe to give ruling on case of Dushanbe orphanage fire today

DUSHANBE, May 3, Asia-Plus, - A final hearing of a case of investigation of the cause of the tragic “Chorbogh” orphanage fire will be held in a court in the Ismoili Somoni district of Dushanbe

18:21, may 2, 2006

Resident of Qurghon Teppa given 20-year prison term for killing his wife

QURGHON TEPPA, May 2, Asia-Plus - A court in Qurghon Teppa has sentenced Toshtemur Ghafurov, resident of the city of Qurghon Teppa , to 20 years in jail for brutally killing

17:15, may 2, 2006

Alleged murderers of female taxi-driver detained in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE , May 2, Asia-Plus - The Dushanbe police directorate has solved the killing of female taxi-driver.

12:31, april 21, 2006

Resident of Kulob kills his wife, inflicts numerous stab wounds on his foster-daughter

KULOB, April 21, Asia-Plus - Two dead bodies were found today morning in 9 th microrayon of Kulob.

18:50, april 19, 2006

Several DVD and CD shops closed in Tajik capital for realizing counterfeit video and audio products

DUSHANBE, April 19, Asia-plus -- A number of DVD and CD shops have been closed in Dushanbe over the past several days for realizing piratical video and audio products.

14:17, april 18, 2006

Twelve Tajik servicemen face drug trafficking charges

DUSHANBE , April 18, Asia-Plus - Six crimes committed by servicemen have been reported in Tajikistan since the beginning of the year, Tajikistan

18:40, april 17, 2006

Uzbekistan has so far handed over no criminal involved in 1998 failed attack on Sughd province: Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE , April 17, Asia-Plus -- The majority crimes against Tajiks in the Russian Federation have been committed by their follow-countrymen,

17:01, april 17, 2006

Students at higher education institutions account for some 20 percent of grave crimes committed in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 17, Asia-Plus - In January-March 2006 3,169 crimes have been reported in Tajikistan, which is one percent fewer compared to the same period of last year, Interior Minister Khumdin

15:44, april 17, 2006

22 alleged members of outlawed “Hizb ut-Tahrir” organization detained in Tajikistan this year so far: interior ministry

DUSHANBE , April 17, Asia-Plus - 22 alleged members of the outlawed extremist religious “Hizb ut-Tahrir” organization have been detained in Tajikistan since

15:44, april 17, 2006

134 criminal proceedings instituted in January-March 06 on corruption charges, says Tajik prosecutor

DUSAHNBE, April 17, Asia-Plus - Tajik prosecutors have instituted 134 criminal proceedings on corruption charges over the past three months, Abdurrasul Kholmurodov, head of the

15:13, april 17, 2006

Uzbek citizens involved in disappearance of four train cars loaded with Tajik aluminum: Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE , April 17, Asia-Plus - Tajik and Uzbek law enforcement authorities have identified persons involved in disappearance of four train cars loaded with Tajik aluminum on