Tajkistan, Law-order

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

11:19, june 14, 2016

Nine associates of former deputy defense minister jailed

DUSHANBE, June 14, 2016, Asia-Plus – The Supreme Court of Tajikistan has sentenced two associates of the former deputy defense minister Abduhalim Nazarzoda (Hoji Halim) to life imprisonment while

10:16, june 14, 2016

Six Salafists jailed in Sughd

KHUJAND, June 14, 2016, Asia-Plus – Six residents of the Obburdon jamoat in the Mastchoh district of the Sughd province, aged 28 to 42, have been jailed for membership in the banned Salafist

13:33, june 10, 2016

Resident of Konibodom jailed for raping and killing local woman

KHUJAND, June 10, 2016, Asia-Plus -- A resident of the northern city of Konibodom has got a long jail term for raping and killing local woman.

11:22, june 8, 2016

Tajik national jailed for Syria ‘jihad’ plan

DUSHANBE, June 8, 2016, Asia-Plus – A Tajik national who was poised to travel to Syria to fight alongside Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Syria has been jailed for 6 ½ years.

16:14, june 7, 2016

Case pitting prisoner’s mother against from the penitentiary department moves to a court

DUSHANBE, June 7, 2016, Asia-Plus – Consideration of the case pitting prisoner’s mother against the Penitentiary Department at the Ministry of Justice has begun in a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili

10:04, june 7, 2016

Tajik customs officers seize large amount of ferula at the crossing point on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border

DUSHANBE, June 7, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik customs officers have seized 630 kilograms of ferula prepared for smuggling into Kyrgyzstan.

10:42, june 6, 2016

IRPT leaders’ relatives jailed for failure to report a crime

DUSHANBE, June 6, 2016, Asia-Plus – RIA Novosti news agency (Russia) reported on June 3 that three relatives of the leader of the banned Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT),

10:02, june 6, 2016

Another son of jailed Tajik tycoon's lawyer jailed

DUSHANBE, June 6, 2016, Asia-Pus -- Another son of a Tajik lawyer, who is representing Tajik tycoon Zayd Saidov, has been jailed, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports.

10:43, june 3, 2016

Wives of jailed Tajik Islamic Party activists fined for not obeying police orders

Wives of jailed Tajik Islamic Party activists have reportedly been fined for not obeying police orders.

15:35, june 2, 2016

Leading members and activists of the banned IRPT jailed

Two deputy heads of the banned Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) have been sentenced to life imprisonment while several others have received lengthy jail terms.