Tajkistan, Law-order

14:01, january 16, 2007

19 Tajik citizens extradited by Russian law enforcement authorities in 2006

DUSHANBE, January 16, Asia-Plus -- Russia last year extradited 19 citizens of Tajikistan at the request of Tajik law enforcement authorities, Matluba Abdulloyeva, chairperson of the department for

19:45, january 15, 2007

Prosecutor’s office oversees and inspect anticorruption agency as well: chef prosecutor

DUSHANBE, January 15, Asia-Plus - Tajik Prosecutor-General’s Office will thoroughly support a new agency to fight corruption, the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption, Tajik

19:30, january 15, 2007

Woman killed in Chkalovsk

KHUAJND, January 15, Asia-Plus -- Resident of the northern district of Bobojonghafurov Gholib Yusupov has been detained on suspicion of having committed murder in the northern city of Chkalovsk.

18:00, january 11, 2007

8,354residents of Kulob receive new Tajik passports

KULOB, January 11, Asia-Plus -- 8,354 residents of the city and the district of Kulob received new Tajik passports in 2006, Lieutenant-Colonel Nasreddin Qalandarov, chief of the Kulob department

13:21, january 5, 2007

Five members of former Popular Front given lengthy prison terms

DUSHANBE, January 5, - Tajikistan’s Supreme Court has sentenced five members of the former pro-government Popular Front, including one police officer, to extended jail terms for crimes committed in

17:49, december 28, 2006

139 criminal proceedings considered by Kulob court this year

KULOB, December 28, Asia-Plus - This year, a court in the city of Kulob has considered 139 criminal proceedings instituted against 160 people, the Kulob court chairman Aslam Kholov said in an

20:24, december 25, 2006

Tajik military academy head’s accused killers get extended jail terms

One of accused killers of Major General Hokimsho Hofizov, director of the Defense Ministry's Military Institute, has been sentenced to life imprisonment and the other one has received a jail term of

14:41, december 21, 2006

Trial of former chief of Tajik border troops’ mobilization department continues

DUSHANBE, December 21, Asia-Plus - The trial of the former chief of Tajik border troops’ organizational-mobilization department, Emomali Zaynalov, is continuing in the Military Board of the Supreme

16:00, december 18, 2006

Justice ministry official denies reports about Mirzoyev’s going on hunger strike

Head of the penal system department of the Justice Ministry claims that Ghaffor Mirzoyev has not gone on hunger strike. However, he is denied meetings with relatives and defense lawyers.

12:36, december 14, 2006

Series of training for Tajik customs officers conducted

DUSHANBE, December 14, Asia-Plus -- A series of training for Tajik customs officers ended in Dushanbe on December 13.

12:02, december 12, 2006

37 Tajiks wanted by DCA for drug trafficking

DUSHANBE December 12, Asia-Plus -- 37 citizens of Tajikistan aged 21 to 55 are wanted by Tajikistan’s Drug Control Agency (DCA) on suspicion of having been involved in drug trafficking, press

20:00, december 11, 2006

Corruption-prevention agency assumes some functions of financial oversight office and tax police

DUSHANBE, December 11, Asia-Plus - The newly established Agency for the Fight Against Corruption and Economic Crimes will assume some functions of the Financial Oversight Committee, Department for

11:31, december 8, 2006

Nearly one kilogram of heroin intercepted at Dushanbe airport Thursday

DUSHANBE, December 8, Asia-Plus -- Customs officers have seized nearly one kilogram of heroin at the Dushanbe office, according to the Customs Service.

20:00, november 28, 2006

Theft of cable affects telecommunications services in Kulob

KULOB, November 28, Asia-Plus - Six minors aged 10 to 15 have been detained by Kulob police on suspicion of having stolen 100 meters of telephone cable.

19:05, november 28, 2006

Another head of farming unit in Temurmalik faces misappropriation charges

QURGHON TEPPA, November 28, Asia-Plus - Rustam Talbakov, head of the farming unit Kongurt in Temurmalik district of Khatlon, faces charge of misappropriation of state funds, according to the

11:47, november 22, 2006

Trial of alleged killer of Tajik defense academy head starts Monday

DUSHANBE, November 22, Asia-Plus -- The trail of two residents of the Qubodiyon district in Khatlon, Komiljon Huseinov and Komiljon Botirov, began in Tajikistan’s Supreme Court on November 21.

11:21, november 16, 2006

Trial of alleged masterminds of last year’s Dushanbe blasts continues

The trial of 11 persons charged with planning and organizing explosions in Dushanbe on January 31 and June 13 last is continuing in the Supreme Court.

20:50, november 1, 2006

Court overturns fine order in TajikAir legal victory

DUSHANBE, November 1, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s national carrier TajikAir will not pay a fine of 160,000 somonis (more than US$47,000) imposed on it by the antimonopoly commission.

11:31, october 31, 2006

Dushanbe mayor holds meeting on preparations for winter

DUSAHNBE, October 31, Asia-Plus -- Today morning, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid is presiding over a meeting of the mayor’s office to discuss preparations for the autumn and winter period of 2006-2007.

11:22, october 25, 2006

Some 5,000 prisoners released under this year’s amnesty, says justice minister

DUSHANBE, October 25, Asia-Plus - According to the latest data, 4,950 people, including 263 women, 20 minors, 59 elderly people, 31 disabled people, as well as nine veterans of the Great Patriotic

13:22, october 23, 2006

Police ward off attempt of smuggling of precious stones in Sughd

DUSHANBE, October 23, Asia-Plus - Tajik police last week warded off an attempt by Sughd resident to smuggle precious stones out of the country, according to the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

10:17, october 17, 2006

Prosecutor accuses some officials of drug trafficking

Chief prosecutor claims that some officials from the power-wielding structures protect drug dealers, trying to influence the course of criminal proceedings instituted against them.

14:07, october 16, 2006

Attempt on three Isfara officials solved; five IMU members detained

DUSHANBE, October 16, Asia-Plus - The country’s law enforcement agencies have solved an attempt on lives of three Isfara officials that was committed on September 27, Mahmadsaid Juraqulov, the head

12:57, october 16, 2006

Tajik interior official reports on law-enforcement officers charged with crimes

DUSHANBE, October 16, Asia-Plus - Major-General Emomali Azimov, the chief of the Interior Ministry department for internal investigation, told journalists in Dushanbe on October 16 that that

10:51, october 16, 2006

Institute for Raising Professionalism of Lawyers established in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 16, Asia-Plus -- An official opening of the Institute to Raise the Professionalism of Lawyers was held in Dushanbe on October 14.

14:12, october 13, 2006

Higher Economic Court transfers some US$115,000 to national budget

DUSHANBE, October 13, Asia-Plus - Amirkhoja Ghoibnazarov, Chairman of Tajikistan’s Higher Economic Court, told a news conference in Dushanbe yesterday that in January-September 2006, the court has

12:19, october 13, 2006

Tajikistan joins UN Convention against Corruption

DUSHANBE, October 13, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan has joined the United Nations Convention against Corruption, according to the UNDP Country Office.

16:01, october 12, 2006

Mizoyev’s lawyer claims he has not yet received copy of verdict against his client

DUSHANBE, October 12, Asia-Plus - The Supreme Court has already issued a copy of its verdict against given the former commander of the presidential guards and former drug control chief of

14:24, october 11, 2006

Independence Day Amnesty concludes

DUSHANBE, October 11, Asia-Plus -- 3,960 people, including 252 women, 20 minors and 108 foreign citizens, have been released under Tajikistan’s amnesty law this year, according to the penal system

16:14, october 5, 2006

Four Tajik border guards get extended jail terms

KHUJAND, October 5, Asia-Plus - A military court in Khujand has sentenced four servicemen at frontier post Lakkon at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border in Isfara to lengthy terms in jail for negligence.