Tajkistan, Law-order

11:26, may 6, 2015

23 residents of Sughd convicted of being members of Jamaat Ansarullah

23 residents of the northern province of Sughd have been convicted of being members of a banned Islamic group Jamaat Ansarullah.

17:09, may 5, 2015

Six soldiers sentenced to between 2 and 2½ years in jail for hazing incident

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Six soldiers of military unit 6592 of the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry have been jailed for hazing incident.

16:30, may 5, 2015

Prosecutor asks for 5-year sentence for six soldiers facing charge of hazing

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A court of the Dushanbe military garrison is considering a case of six soldiers of military unit 6592 of the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry who are

10:49, may 5, 2015

Border guard officer faces bribery charge

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Commander of a frontier post of border unit 2042 deployed in the northern province of Sughd has been detained on suspicion of bribe taking.

09:43, may 4, 2015

Russian court sentences four Tajiks on terrorism charges

DUSHANBE, May 4, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Radio Liberty reports that a Russian court has sentenced four Tajik nationals -- suspected members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir extremist organization -- to at

16:16, may 2, 2015

Two women from Sughd imprisoned for human trafficking

DUSHANBE, May 3, 2015, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports a court in the northern province of Sughd on April 30 sentenced two women to prison for human trafficking and forcing women

16:06, april 30, 2015

Ten residents of Sughd convicted of membership in Jamaat Ansarullah

KHUJAND, April 30, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Ten residents of the northern province of Sughd have been convicted of membership in a banned Islamic group Jamaat Ansarullah the Tajik government has

11:29, april 30, 2015

Two brothers from Leningrad oblast get jail terms for murder of Tajik national

DUSHANBE, April 30, 2015, Asia-Plus – Two brothers from the Kirov district in Leningrad oblast have got jail terms for murder of Tajik national.

09:05, april 28, 2015

Tajik police reprimanded for forcing Muslims to shave beards

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Two Tajik police officers have been reprimanded for forcing Muslims to shave their beards, and have been warned of harsher consequences if complaints by

14:31, april 24, 2015

Russian national who was killed in Panj was reportedly going to go Afghanistan for jihad

Tajik law enforcement authorities say that Russian national who was shot by Tajik police in Khatlon’s Panj district on April 23 was going to travel to Afghanistan to participate in jihad.

14:08, april 23, 2015

Clozapine reportedly given to Group 24 leader with the aim of poisoning him

Al Bawaba reports that founder of the Tajik opposition organization Group 24, Umarali Quvvatov, has been poisoned with clozapine, the drug which normally used to treat schizophrenia.

09:10, april 22, 2015

Woman from Roudaki district arrested on suspicion of involvement n buying and selling of minors

DUSHANBE, April 22, 2015, Asia-Plus – A woman from the Roudaki district has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in buying and selling of minors.

14:47, april 16, 2015

Two arrested in Dushanbe on suspicion of involvement in buying and selling of minors

DUSHANBE, April 16, 2015, Asia-Plus – Two have been arrested in Dushanbe on suspicion of selling a newborn baby.

10:56, april 14, 2015

Interior minister inaugurates information and analytical center in Rasht

DUSHANBE, April 14, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda, who is currently on a working visit to the Rasht Valley (eastern Tajikistan), yesterday inaugurated the information and

16:15, april 13, 2015

Director of bazaar in Sughd stands trial for beating teen to death

Director of bazaar in the Bobojonghafourov district is standing trial for beating an orphaned boy to death.

13:54, april 13, 2015

Young woman from Vakhsh arrested in Dushanbe for selling her newborn baby

DUSHANBE, April 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – A young woman from the Vakhsh district, Khatlon province has been arrested on suspicion of selling her newborn baby, according to the Interior Ministry’s

15:13, april 10, 2015

Five residents of Sughd jailed again for membership in Hizb ut-Tahrir group

KHUJAND, April 10, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Five residents of the northern province of Sughd, aged 35 to 42, have been jailed again for membership in the outlawed religious extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir.

11:01, april 10, 2015

Iran is going to seek retrieval of Babak Zanjani’s property revealed in Tajikistan

Iran’s investigative authorities say property and assets belonging to Babak Zanjani in Tajikistan have been revealed and they are currently waiting for lifting of Western sanctions for retrieving

10:41, april 9, 2015

Ten other residents of Sughd stand trial for membership in Jamaat Ansarullah

KHUJAND, April 9, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Ten other residents of the northern province of Sughd are standing trial for membership in a banned Islamic group Jamaat Ansarullah the Tajik government has

10:15, april 9, 2015

Two other men get jail terms for association with Group 24

Two other men have got jail terms for association with the opposition organization Group 24.

11:40, april 1, 2015

Tajikistan tries 23 alleged members of Jamaat Ansarullah

KHUJAND, April 1, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is trying 23 men it says are members of a banned Islamic group Jamaat Ansarullah the government has classified as extremist.

11:18, march 31, 2015

Two senior drug control officers detained on suspicion of bribe taking

Two senior officials at the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan (DCA) have been detained on suspicion of bribe taking.

10:14, march 19, 2015

Woman detained at Dushanbe airport for illegal foreign-currency outflow

DUSHANBE, March 19, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Resident of Dushanbe, Ms.

09:54, march 19, 2015

An official with the Committee on Religious Affairs arrested on suspicion of corruption

DUSHANBE, March 19, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Izatullo Azizov, a chief specialist at the Committee on Religious Affairs and Regulation of National Traditions and Rituals under the Government of

15:41, march 18, 2015

Popular Tajik TV host gets long jail term for fraud

DUSHANBE, March 18, 2015, Asia-plus -- A court in Dushanbe has sentenced a popular television anchor, Muattara Jourayeva, to six years in prison after convicting her of fraud, Radio Liberty’s Tajik

16:29, march 14, 2015

Two get long jail terms for association with Group 24

Two have got long jail terms for association with the opposition organization Group 24.

13:27, march 13, 2015

Entrepreneur buncoing president’s office arrested in Dushanbe

Owner of two Dushanbe-based firms has been arrested on suspicion of tax evasion, money laundering and power abuse

09:48, march 13, 2015

Prosecutor asks for 18-year sentence for two alleged members of Group 24

A prosecutor in the trial of two alleged members of an opposition organization Group 24 asked a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district on March 12 to sentence them to an 18-year prison term each.

16:06, march 11, 2015

Ozod-Oil LLC top manager gets jail term of seven years for tax evasion

DUSHANBE, March 11, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Top manager of Dushanbe-based private enterprise Ozod-Oil LLC has got a long jail term for tax evasion.

14:21, march 10, 2015