Tajkistan, Law-order

14:52, november 9, 2012

Examination results say injuries on Karamkhudoyev’s body are the result of fall but not torture

DUSHANBE, November 9, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The results of a forensic medical examination say injuries on the body of Sherik Karamkhudoyev are allegedly the result of a fall but not torture,

14:40, november 8, 2012

What happened to two AN-72s confiscated by Tajik authorities last year?

A year ago, Tajik authorities convicted two pilots working for Rolkan Investment Ltd and confiscated their two AN-72s.

17:00, november 5, 2012

Uzbekistan jails three women for spying for Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Uzbek officials have announced that three women from the southeastern region of Surkhandaryo have been jailed for spying for neighboring Tajikistan, Radio

14:32, november 2, 2012

Amnesty International says another Tajik national risks abduction in Russia

DUSHANBE, November 2, 2012, Asia-Plus – A statement released by Amnesty International (AI) on November 1 says that a Tajikistani national who is due to be released from detention is at risk of

11:14, november 1, 2012

Abdulvosit Latipov held in a SCNS safe house in Dushanbe, says lawyer

According to the lawyer, they are holding Abdulvosit Latipov in solitary confinement in a SCNS safe house in order to receive necessary information.

16:36, october 29, 2012

Penal colony located in center of Dushanbe to be demolished

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A new high-security penal colony, which will accommodate 2,000 inmates, is being built in the Vahdat.

14:43, october 29, 2012

Defense lawyer intends to determine Abdulvosit Latipov’s whereabouts

Lawyer Shuhrat Qudratov, hired by relatives of Abdulvosit Latipov, believes that Abdulvosit Latipov is currently being held in one of offices of the special services in Dushanbe.

14:15, october 25, 2012

Tajik released from Volgograd detention center reportedly abducted

Tajik national Abdulvosit Latipov, also known as Qori Vosit, has reportedly been abducted in Volgograd this month several days after release from local detention center.

17:33, october 24, 2012

Two police officers from GBAO fired for ties to criminal groups

Two officers from Gorno Badakhshan have reportedly been fired for having ties to local criminal groupings.

16:24, october 24, 2012

Official autopsy results say Tajik inmate committed suicide, relatives protest

DUSHANBE, October 24, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Relatives of a Tajik prison inmate who died in mid-September are questioning the official autopsy results, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports.

10:22, october 24, 2012

Number of corruption-related crimes increases in Sughd province

DUSHANBE, October 24, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The number of corruption-related crimes has reportedly increased in the northern Sughd province.

09:40, october 24, 2012

Border officer stands trial fro drug trafficking

QURGHON TEPPA, October 24, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The military prosecutor’s office of the Qurghon Teppa garrison has completed investigation into a case of a border officer charged with drug

17:05, october 23, 2012

Tajik Ombudsman calls on prosecutors to thoroughly investigate convict’s death

Tajik Ombudsman Zarif Alizoda has called on the Prosecutor-General’s Office to thoroughly investigate the death of a convict.

15:16, october 23, 2012

Prosecutor’s office appeals against too mild sentence passed on ex-head of Vahdat prison

DUSHANBE, October 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The prosecutor’s office has reportedly appealed against too mild sentence passed by a court in the Vahdat Township on ex-head of the Vahdat penal

15:24, october 20, 2012

Iranian national arrested in Dushanbe on suspicion of embezzling 3 mln somoni

DUSHANBE, October 20, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Iranian national has been arrested in Dushanbe on suspicion of embezzlement. The Interior Ministry’s official website reports Mr.

16:23, october 19, 2012

U.S. government provides $9.5 million to support law enforcement and rule of law in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 19, 2012 Asia-Plus -- U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Susan M.

10:39, october 19, 2012

Lawyers of Yovon police inspector insist on quitting their client

QURGHON TEPPA, October 2012, Asia-Plus -- Bedilkhon Odinayev, one of the defense lawyers of the Yovon police inspector Mashraf Aliyev who was jailed for torturing underage boy, believes that

15:57, october 18, 2012

Two police officers charged over detainee’s death amnestied

It has not been proved that those two former police officers were beating Safarali Sangov who was detained on suspicion of drug pushing.

14:23, october 13, 2012

Proceedings over convict’s death instituted under Article 322 of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – negligenc

DUSHANBE, October 13, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The department to oversee the implementation of law in penitentiary institutions at the Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted criminal

17:32, october 11, 2012

Woman fro Qurghon Teppa gets jail term of nine years for drug pushing

KHUJAND, October 11, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A woman from Qurghon Teppa, the capital of Khatlon province has got a long jail term for drug pushing.

13:20, october 3, 2012

Administrative proceedings instituted against TV station editor over marketplace fire report

KHUJAND, October 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd prosecutor’s office has instituted administrative proceedings against Ms.

18:06, september 29, 2012

Tajik chief prosecutor’s office promises to thoroughly investigate inmate’s death

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Prosecutor-General’s Office has promised to thoroughly investigate the death of Hamza Ikromzoda, who died in a penal colony.

16:38, september 29, 2012

Chief of the Department for Correctional Works promises to fire head of penal colony # 1

The Chief of the Department for Correctional Works at the Ministry of Justices has promised to fire the head of penal colony YaS No 3/1.

13:24, september 27, 2012

Karamkhudoyev’s lawyer says his client was tortured

Bobokhon Yoqubov says that head of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP)’s organization for Khorog who was detained during a special operation in Gorno Badakhshan was tortured during the arrest in Khorog

16:21, september 26, 2012

Five jailed in Sughd for killing their fellow villager

KHUJAND, September 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Five residents of the village of Haidar Usmon in the Bobojonghafurov district, Sughd province have been jailed for killing their fellow villager.

10:12, september 26, 2012

Interior minister says no ‘blacklists’ in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, September 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan''s Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimov says militants who give up their arms and cooperate with investigators will not face prosecution, Radio

10:02, september 26, 2012

Khatlon court upholds the Qurghon Teppa court’s verdict against two drug pushers

QURGHON TEPPA, September 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon regional court has rejected an appeal lodged by two residents of Khatlon province who have been jailed for drug trafficking.

16:43, september 25, 2012

Department for Correctional Works comments on inmate’s death

Bahrom Abdulhaqov, the deputy head of the Department for Correctional Works at the Ministry of Justice, has promised to make detailed information on the reason for holding Hamza Ikromzoda in the

15:27, september 22, 2012

Military officer gets jail term of nine years for drug pushing

DUSHANBE, September 22, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The military court of the Khatlon garrison on September 21 ruled that Major Islomjon Ibrohimov, an officer with military unit 0717 of the Ministry

15:02, september 22, 2012