Tajkistan, Law-order

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.

20:44, february 23, 2010

Sughd prosecutor’s office files suit against local university

KHUJAND, February 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A court hearing for a lawsuit filed by the Sughd regional prosecutor’s office against Tajik University of Law, Business and Politics began in

13:36, february 23, 2010

International staff member of OSCE field office in Khujand robbed

DUSHANBE, February 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Unidentified persons have robbed an international staff member of the OSCE field office in Khujand, Sughd province, according to the Khujand police

13:13, february 23, 2010

Two reportedly commit 16 thefts in Kulob district in one night

KULOB, February 23, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A 20 year-old resident of the city of Kulob, Mirzorahim Sabzali, and a 19-year-old resident of the Roudaki district, Farrukh Davlatov, have been

17:08, february 22, 2010

Bailiff from Istaravshan court faces bribery charge

KHUJAND, February 22, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Akmal Kholboyev, a bailiff from the city court in Istaravshan, Sughd province has been detained by local anticorruption officers on suspicion of

13:33, february 22, 2010

Khujand military court convicts doctor for bribery and negligence; the doctor amnestied and released in courtroom

KHUJAND, February 22, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The military court of the Khujand garrison has convicted Odil Hodiboyev, chief of the internal diseases department within the hospital of the Sughd

15:05, february 19, 2010

Judge from Qairoqqum court faces corruption charge

KHUNAD, February 19, 2010, Asia-Plus - The Sughd anticorruption directorate has instituted criminal proceedings against a judge from the Qairoqqum city court, Ashour Rouziyev.

18:45, february 18, 2010

Two military personnel convicted in Sughd for bullying

KHUJAND, February 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Two servicemen of border unit # 2199 deployed in the Sughd province – Junior Sergeant Salim Yakhshibayev and private soldier Tojiddin Rasoulov – have

12:45, february 18, 2010

Some 1,000 crimes reported in Tajikistan in Jan 2010

DUSHANBE, February 18, 2010, Asia-Plus -- More than 990 crimes were reported in Tajikistan in January 2010, which is 25.

16:05, february 17, 2010

Dushanbe court convicts 12 Hizb ut-Tahrir members, including two Uzbek nationals

Dushanbe city court has sentenced 12 Hizb ut-Tahrir members to various terms in prison.

17:42, february 16, 2010

Four IMU members from Isfara handed jail terms between 8 and 30 years

KHUJAND, February 16, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Four members of the cell of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in the Isfara district, Sughd province have been handed prison terms between 8

12:56, february 16, 2010

Sughd resident detained for killing his mother

KHUJAND, February 16, 2010, Asia-Plus - Resident of the city of Istaravshan in Sughd province has been detained for killing his mother.

22:17, february 13, 2010

Iranian national wanted by Iranian law enforcement authorities for fraud detained in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, February 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the migration service of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of Tajikistan have detained an Iranian national, who has been wanted by Iranian