Tajkistan, Law-order

15:27, april 20, 2010

Dushanbe economic court hands down ruling to revoke operating licenses from two Tajik companies

DUSHANBE, April 20, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe’s Economic Court has handed down ruling to revoke operating licenses from two Tajik mining companies, Amirkhoja Ghoibnazarov, the chairman of

13:29, april 20, 2010

Five officers from Sughd body empowered to combat organized crime arrested for corruption

KHUJAND, April 20, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Five officers from the Sughd regional body empowered to combat organized crime have been arrested on suspicion of having been involved in corruption,

12:59, april 19, 2010

Number of crimes in Sughd-deployed military units reportedly decreases

KHUJAND, April 19, 2010 Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 17 crimes have been committed by officers and soldiers of military units deployed in Sughd province, which is 51

12:08, april 19, 2010

Kulob court sentences two Russia officers to 1½ years and 6 months in prison respectively for killing their colleague

KULOB, April 19, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Two officers of a Russian military unit deployed in Kulob have got jail terms of 1½ and six months respectively for killing their colleague.

15:18, april 16, 2010

Tajik courts issue 77 arrest warrants to this day

DUSHANBE, April 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Supreme Court chairman Nusratullo Abdulloyev told reporters in Dushanbe today that courts in Tajikistan have issued 77 arrest warrants since April

14:38, april 16, 2010

Tajik Supreme Court considers 18 criminal proceedings in Q110

DUSHANBE, April 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, the Supreme Court of the country has considered 18 criminal proceedings instituted against 85 persons, the Supreme

12:29, april 16, 2010

Pair from Khujand suspected of trafficking women to UAE

DUSHANBE, April 16, 2010, Asia-Plus - The source at the Sughd police directorate says their officers yesterday arrested Mahbouba Muhiddinova in Khujand who together with her husband were

19:47, april 15, 2010

Tajik chief prosecutor sacks public prosecutors

DUSHANBE, April 15, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan''s new prosecutor-general has fired 13 public prosecutors in what he says is an effort to reform the prosecutor''s office, Radio Liberty’s

14:56, april 14, 2010

Matricide from Sughd convicted

KHUJAND, April 14, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The 39-year-old resident of the village of Punuk in Sughd’s Asht district Ismoil Sobirov has got a long jail term for killing his mother.

11:25, april 14, 2010

Tajik national suspected of having committed serious crimes in Tajikistan detained in Russia

KHUJAND, April 14, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The 31-yearold resident of Sughd’s Bobojonghafurov district Yoqub Ahmadov, suspected of having called for violent change of the constitutional order in

18:10, april 13, 2010

3,206 crimes registered in Tajikistan in Q110

DUSHANBE, April 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Over the first three months of this year, 3,206 crimes have been registered in Tajikistan, which is 3.

13:55, april 13, 2010

Kulob court issues first arrest warrant

KULOB, April 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- On Monday April 12, the Kulob city court issued the first arrest warrant.

10:18, april 13, 2010

12 Dushanbe police officers take training course at MoI canine center

DUSHANBE, April 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Police officers that have taken training course at the Canine Center of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) will patrol streets in Dushanbe with specially

16:43, april 12, 2010

Disciplinary action imposed upon four judges in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, April 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Four judges have been implicated in wrongdoing over the first three months of this year and disciplinary and administration action has been imposed upon

15:16, april 9, 2010

Large amount of mineral fertilizers smuggled into Sughd out of Kyrgyzstan seized yesterday

DUSHANBE, April 9, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A large consignment of mineral fertilizers that was smuggled into Tajikistan out of Kyrgyzstan was seized in Sughd province yesterday, according to the Customs

17:39, april 7, 2010

Two Qurghon Teppa entrepreneurs face criminal liability for realizing low-quality vodka

QURGHON TEPPA, April 7, 2001, Asia-Plus -- The Qurghon Teppa prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against the chief cook at local cafeteria “Registon,” Zokir Khalilov.

12:54, april 7, 2010

Deputy head of Panj electricity supplier faces corruption charge

QURGHON TEPPA, April 7, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Habibullo Zinnatshoyev, the deputy chairman of the electricity supply enterprise in the Panj district, Khatlon province has been arrested on

18:15, april 5, 2010

Number of killings reportedly increasing in Sughd

KHUJAND, April 5, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The number of killings is reportedly increasing in the northern Sughd province.

11:48, april 2, 2010

Apartment of security service official robbed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2010, Asia-Plus - An apartment of an official with the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) has been robbed in Dushanbe, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

14:22, april 1, 2010

New Tajikistan’s criminal procedure code comes into affect today

DUSHANBE, April 1, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A new criminal procedure code of Tajikistan has come into effect today.

20:04, march 17, 2010

Ex-candidate to parliament from Vakhsh district faces hooliganism charge

QURGHON TEPPA, March 17, Asia-Plus -- Ex-candidate to parliament from Vakhsh single-mandate constituency, Sayvali Nourov, who is former administrator in the Vakhsh district, faces hooliganism

16:38, march 16, 2010

School principal from Ayni faces humanitarian embezzlement charges

KHUJAND, March 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The prosecutor’s office in the Ayni district, Siughd province has instituted criminal proceedings against Nodirqul Tarahasanov, the principal of school #

16:28, march 10, 2010

56 followers of Jamaati Tabligh convicted in Tajikistan

56 followers of Jamaati Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group, have been convicted in Tajikistan.

11:45, march 10, 2010

Three Sughd drug peddlers get jail term of 14 years each

KHUJAND, March 10 2010, Asia-Plus -- A court in Sughd province has sentenced three drug peddlers to long prison terms.

19:06, march 9, 2010

Zafarobod chief recruitment officer faces corruption charges

KHUJAND, March 9, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Ziyodullo Jurayev, chief of the military registration and enlistment office in Sughd’s Zafarobod district, and Muzaffar Isoboyev, head of urology unit

19:18, march 6, 2010

Istaravshan resident gets jail term of 20 years for drug trafficking

KHUJAND, March 6, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Dilshod Qayumov from the city of Istaravshan, Sughd province has got a long jail term for drug trafficking.

15:58, march 4, 2010

Large amount of counterfeit dollars confiscated from student in Khujand

DUSHANBE, March 4, 2010, Asia-Plus - A large amount of counterfeit dollars have been confiscated from a student from the Khujand University of Law, Business and Politics, according to the

11:45, march 4, 2010

Drug pusher detained in Mastchoh

KHUJAND, March 4, 2010, Asia-Plus -- An operation by officers from the Sughd counternarcotics directorate has led to the arrest of alleged drug pusher in the Mastchoh district.

15:22, february 26, 2010

Regional official in Khatlon made answerable for crime committed in 2006

DUSHANBE, February 26, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against Kibiryo (phonetically spelled) Safarov, deputy head of Khatlon’S Bokhtar

13:36, february 24, 2010

Tajik pop singer gets jail term of 2 years for helping her fiancé escape from courthouse

DUSHANBE, February 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik variety singer Farzona Khurshed has got a jail term of two years for helping her fiancé, Farrukh Rouziyev, flee court.