Tajkistan, Law-order

16:55, september 7, 2011

Entrepreneur gets jail term of 10 years for selling counterfeit medicines

KHUJAND, September 7, 2011, Asia-Plus -- An entrepreneur from Dushanbe, Hakim Ahmadov, has got a long jail term for selling counterfeit medicines.

10:23, september 7, 2011

Administrative action imposed upon on investigator in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, September 7, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Trial of three residents of Qurghon Teppa, found guilty of theft, has been finished but it has turned out that the preliminary investigation of that

16:09, september 2, 2011

Two Kyrgyz officials detained for fuel smuggling to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Two Kyrgyz officials have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the illegal export of gasoline to Tajikistan, Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz Service reports.

11:07, september 2, 2011

Chief prosecutor names known criminals granted amnesty

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2011, Asia-Plus -- As of September 1, an amnesty benefited 2,654 prisoners, Prosecutor-General Sherkhon Salimzoda announced at a news conference in Dushanbe yesterday.

14:38, august 29, 2011

70-year-old resident of Sughd gets jail terms of 18 years for killing

KHUJAND, August 29, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A 70-year-old resident of Shahriston district in Sughd province, Olim Qurbonov, has got a jail term of 18 years for killing.

14:53, august 27, 2011

Usmonov’s wife says there were visible signs of beating on his head and face

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14:17, august 26, 2011

US Embassy calls for an investigation into alleged courtroom threats

DUSHANBE, August 26, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Embassy of the United States of America is concerned with alleged threats made by an officer of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) Department for Combating

15:07, august 25, 2011

Tajikistan’s largest real estate development company continues to operate

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2011, Asia-Plus - Rumors that operations of Tajikistan’s largest real estate development company, Movarounnahr, have been suspended do not correspondent to the fact.

09:37, august 25, 2011

Two policemen’s trial in detainee’s death adjourned

DUSHANBE, August 25, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The trial of two police officers from a police station in Dushanbe’s Sino district, Abdurahmon Yoqubov and Qodir Hasanov, charged with the death of a

16:41, august 24, 2011

Yoqub Salimov has his prison term cut

Yoqub Salimov, who was once Tajikistan’s interior minister, ambassador to Turkey, and chairman of the state customs committee, has his prison term cut by two years under prisoner amnesty.

18:01, august 23, 2011

The son of former prosecutor-general sentenced to seven years in prison

Fayzullo Bobokhonov’s lawyers claim that their client is due to be granted partial amnesty

17:03, august 23, 2011

Three killings reported in northern Tajikistan this week

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Shuhrat Jalolov, 36, and his wife were found killed in their house in the northern city of Istaravshan.

15:27, august 23, 2011

Criminal wanted for murder, kidnapping gets jail term of 18 years

DUSHANBE, August 23, 2011, Asia-Plus – The Supreme Court of Tajikistan has sentenced Boymurod Khojayev to 18 years in prison.

11:11, august 23, 2011

Mass jailbreak: a year later

Exactly a year ago, on August 23, 2010, 25 convicts escaped from the pretrial detention facility of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) in Dushanbe.

17:55, august 22, 2011

Sughd resident sentenced to 19 years in prison for killing his brother

KHUJAND, August 22, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A resident of the northern city of Taboshar, Ikrom Ortiqov, 36, has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering his

15:11, august 22, 2011

Unknown persons in military uniform rob businessman in Sughd

DUSHANBE, August 22, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Unidentified armed persons in military uniforms have robbed an entrepreneur from Sughd’s Jabborrasoulov district, the Interior Ministry press center

11:33, august 22, 2011

62-year-old resident of Vahdat arrested on suspicion of killing his grandson

DUSHANBE, August 22, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The 62-year-old resident of the town of Vahdat, Davron Tugayev, was arrested on August 21 on suspicion of murdering his one-year-old grandson Sherzod.

15:28, august 20, 2011

UBOP chief considers that Asia-Plus tries to wreck the trial

Head of the Interior Ministry organized crime control department (UBOP), Major-General Jourakhon Zoirov, has commented on a statement by UBOP high-ranking officer against Asia-Plus’s defense lawyers.

14:00, august 19, 2011

Afghan migrant jailed in east Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 19, 2011, Asia-Plus - The Murgab Regional court of GBAO sentenced Berdiqul Valadi Fozil, resident of one of Afghan villages in Small Pamir to two years in prison.

12:51, august 18, 2011

Three officers of Investigation Isolator to face trial in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2011, Asia-Plus - Three officers of the Tajik Justice Ministry’s Investigation Isolator, who are being accused of actions that led to death of a prisoner, are facing trial in

11:56, august 16, 2011

Resident of Dangara sentenced for killing niece

DUSHANBE, August 16, 2011, Asia-Plus - The Khatlon regional court sentenced a 37-year-old resident of Dangara region to 19 years in prison for brutal murder of his niece.

13:49, august 10, 2011

Teacher from Khujand Medical College arrested on bribery charges

KHUJAND, August 10, 2011, Asia-Plus - A teacher from the Khujand medical college was arrested on a bribery charge. T.B.

11:24, august 10, 2011

HRW: Ex prisoners of Guantanamo have right to clemency

Human Rights Watch urges Tajikistan’s President to grant amnesty to Tajik prisoners of Guantanamo Bay.

16:50, august 6, 2011

Seven years have passed since arrest of Ghaffor Mirzoyev

DUSHANBE, August 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Exactly seven years ago, on August 6, 2004, former director of the Drug Control Agency (DCA) and ex-commander of Presidential Guard, Ghaffor Mirzoyev, was

15:49, august 6, 2011

Russian national detained in Varzob for stealing mobile phone

DUSHANBE, August 6, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Russian national has been arrested on suspicion of having stolen mobile phone and 5,000 somoni at a car wash in Varzob district.

10:30, august 5, 2011

Trial of Tajikistan’s largest private real estate developer continues

DUSHANBE, August 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The trial of Jurabek Okhunov, chairman of the real estate development company Movarounnahr, is continuing in the Supreme Court.

15:45, august 4, 2011

Former head of land management committee in Panjakent faces corruption charge

KHUJAND, August 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Former head of the land management committee in the northern city of Panjakent, A. Otabekov, faces corruption charges.

14:36, august 4, 2011

University teacher arrested for bribery in Sughd

KHUJAND, August 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- G.A., a teacher at Khujand-based Tajik University of Economics and Trade, has been detained for bribery.

16:50, august 2, 2011

Drug control officers seize large amount of hashish in Vahdat

DUSHANBE, August 2, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA) have seized a large amount of hashish in Vahdat district, some 20 kilometers east of Dushanbe.

12:41, august 2, 2011

Man arrested for raping daughter in Kulob

KULOB, August 2, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A court in the city of Kulob has issued an arrest warrant for local resident Mahmadullo Inoyatov for allegedly raping his daughter.