Tajkistan, Law-order

11:22, july 20, 2016

Leader of an ultraconservative Islamic Salafist movement gets a jail term of eight years

DUSHANBE, July 20, 2016, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe has sentenced the leader of an ultraconservative Islamic Salafist movement to eight years in prison on charges of membership in an

10:28, july 20, 2016

Three police officers arrested in Khatlon for excess of official powers

QUGHON TEPPA, July 20, 2016, Asia-Plus – Three policemen from the Farkhor district in Khatlon province are suspected of exceeding official powers.

17:03, july 19, 2016

12 neo-Nazis convicted in Moscow over Koran burning and killing Tajik national

DUSHANBE, July 19, 2016, Asia-Plus -- 12 neo-Nazis have been convicted in Moscow over Koran burning and killing Tajik national.

09:45, july 14, 2016

Tajik customs officers seize large consignment of contraband cloth in Sughd province

DUSHANBE, July 14, 2016, Asia-Plus – Officers of the Customs Service’s office in Sughd province have seized a large consignment of contraband fabric and clothes smuggled into the province out of

14:30, july 13, 2016

Russian former drug control officers organize smuggling of heroin into Novosibirsk out of Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 13, 2016, Asia-Plus – Three of five officers of the recently abolished Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) involved in smuggling heroin into Novosibirsk out of Tajikistan

16:04, july 12, 2016

Tajik authorities reportedly institute criminal proceedings against 14 imam-khatibs

DUSHANBE, July 12, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik law enforcement authorities have instituted criminal proceedings against fourteen imam-khatibs, Husein Shokirov, the deputy head of the Committee on

15:16, july 11, 2016

Tajik customs officers prevent jewelry smuggling

DUSHANBE, July 11, 2016, Asia-Plus - Tajik customs officers have prevented smuggling of jewelry into Tajikistan out of neighboring Kyrgyzstan, according to the Customs Service press center.

10:58, july 7, 2016

Tajik national detained for an attempt to illegally bring $27,000 with him to Turkey

DUSHANBE, July 7, 2016, Asia-Plus – A Tajik national has been detained at the Dushanbe airport for an attempt to illegally bring nearly 27,000 US dollars with him to Turkey.

13:38, july 5, 2016

Mullo Abdurahim’s son-in-law released

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2016, Asia-Plus -- Mirzonazar Fozilov, the son-in-law of Mullo Abdurahim, teacher at the Tajik Islamic University and one of former field commanders of the United Tajik Opposition

10:27, july 5, 2016

Tajik national detained for attempt to illegally deliver distribution transformers to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 5, 2016, Asia-Plus – Customs officers have reportedly prevented an attempt by Tajik national to illegally deliver a consignment of distribution transformers to Tajikistan from

17:15, july 4, 2016

Drug peddler gets a lengthy jail term

DUSHANBE, July 4, 2016, Asia-Plus – A drug peddler has got a lengthy jail term.

11:31, june 30, 2016

Employee of sanitary-epidemiological station in Vose faces fraud charges

DUSHANBE, June 30, 2016, Asia-Plus – An employee of the central sanitary and epidemiological station in Khatlon’s Vose district faces fraud charges.

15:26, june 28, 2016

Trial of two alleged Salafists starts in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, June 28, 2016, Asia-Plus – A trial of two residents of the Bobojonghafourov district, Sughd province, who are accused of being adherents to the banned Salafist movement, began on June 28.

14:53, june 24, 2016

Tajik student gets a jail term of 14 years for ties to Jabhat al-Nusra

DUSHANBE, June 24, 2016, Asia-Plus – A Tajik student has got a lengthy jail term for ties to the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group.

15:38, june 23, 2016

Son of director of Dushanbe cable plant sentenced to 23 years in prison for murder

Son of the director of the Dushanbe cable plant has got a lengthy jail term for killing local entrepreneur.

13:27, june 23, 2016

Chief of central military medical commission faces bribery charge

DUSHANBE, June 23, 2016, Asia-Plus – Chief of the central military medical commission at the Ministry of Defense has been arrested on suspicion of bribery.

11:41, june 23, 2016

Lawyer at Dushanbe mayor’s office faces corruption charge

DUSHANBE, June 23, 2016, Asia-Plus – Mirzohayot Taghoyev, a lawyer with one of departments of the Dushanbe mayor’s office, faces corruption charge.

16:17, june 21, 2016

Two Tajik nationals arrested on suspicion of killing Tajik cade in Irkutsk

Two Tajik nationals have been arrested on suspicion of killing a Tajik cadet in Irkutsk.

15:59, june 21, 2016

Dushanbe resident detained for illegally storing mercury at his home

DUSHANBE, June 21, 2016, Asia-Plus – A Dushanbe resident has been detained for illegally storing hazardous substitute at his home.

15:01, june 21, 2016

Young woman from Panjakent detained for selling her newborn daughter

DUSHANBE, June 21, 2016, Asia-Plus – A young woman from the northern city of Panjakent has been detained for selling her newborn daughter.

11:26, june 21, 2016

I am aware of all what happened in the country over past 13 years, says Salimov

“I am aware of all what happened in the country over the past 13 years,” Yoqub Salimov said.

10:46, june 21, 2016

Yoqub Salimov released

A 60-year-old Yoqub Salimov, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison on April 25, 2005, has been released.

16:08, june 17, 2016

Court rejects suit brought by prisoner’s mother against the penitentiary department

DUSHANBE, June 17, 2016, Asia-Plus – A court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district has rejected the suit for moral damage bought by the mother of a prisoner, who died after he was allegedly beaten,

10:32, june 17, 2016

Two Tajik students jailed after leaving high-schooler behind in cross-border drug run

DUSHANBE, June 17, 2016, Asia-Plus -- The college students got the hash. They got the opium.

15:38, june 16, 2016

Convicted IRPT leading members and activists transferred to Justice Ministry-run detention center

Thirteen convicted leading members and activists of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) have been transferred from the detention center run by the State Committee for National Security

11:49, june 16, 2016

Three residents of Sughd got lengthy jail terms for Syria ‘jihad’ plan

DUSHANBE, June 16, 2016, Asia-Plus – Three residents of the northern province of Sughd have got lengthy jail terms for an attempt to travel to Syria to fight with the Islamic State (IS)

10:56, june 16, 2016

Three police officers from Solnechnogorsk jailed for beating Tajik migrant to death

Three police officers from the city of Solnechnogorsk in Moscow oblast have been jailed for beating Tajik migrant to death.

17:09, june 15, 2016

Seven mosque imams jailed in Sughd for membership in the banned Islamist group

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2016, Asia-Plus – Seven mosque imams from the northern province of Sughd have been jailed after being convicted of being members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

14:46, june 15, 2016

Soldier’s parents demand compensation from the defense ministry

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2016, Asia-Plus – The parents of the soldier, who died after he was allegedly beaten by older soldiers, demand compensation from the Ministry of Defense.

10:31, june 15, 2016

Six jailed in the southern province of Khatlon for membership in the banned Islamic group

DUSHANBE, June 15, 2016, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports that a court in the southern province of Khatlon has sentenced six local men after convicting them of being