Tajkistan, Law-order

13:21, april 9, 2012

A number of senior interior ministry officials shaken up

DUSHANBE, April 9, 2012, Asia-Plus – Staff changes have been introduced into the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

09:49, april 9, 2012

Disappeared Tajik tycoon found in pretrial detention facility in Dushanbe

Nizomkhon Jourayev appeared on Tajik national TV channel, Jahonnamo, yesterday and said that he returned to Tajikistan voluntarily.

15:22, april 7, 2012

Case over murder of ‘Farther Frost’ reportedly moves to court

Charges of murder and hooliganisms have been officially brought against eight suspects, including one underage teen.

09:02, april 4, 2012

AI concerned over disappearance of Tajik refused asylum seeker

An international human rights organization, Amnesty International (AI), is concerned over disappearance of Tajik refused asylum seeker Nizomkhon Jouryaev.

09:52, april 3, 2012

Bachajonov’s widow demands compensation for survivor’s loss

Savrinisso Gulova, the widow of Ismoil Bachajonov, who died in mysterious circumstances in pretrial facility after being beaten, demands more than 655,000 somoni (equal to 105,000 euros) in

17:09, march 31, 2012

Defendants claim they were tortured

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Defendants have told a court they were tortured after being detained four months ago.

16:34, march 31, 2012

85% of surveyed law enforcement officers has not participate in discussion of new CPC

DUSHANBE, March 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) has both virtues and shortcomings. Ms.

15:48, march 29, 2012

New law introduces the definition of “torture” into Tajikistan’s Penal Code

Members of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) have unanimously seconded the law providing for introduction of the definition of “torture” into the country’s Penal Code.

15:46, march 28, 2012

Khatlon regional court rejects pilots’ application for full acquittal

QURGHON TEPPA, March 28, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon regional court has rejected an appeal for full acquittal lodged by Russian pilot Vladimir Sadovnichiy and his Estonian colleague

14:20, march 14, 2012

High-ranking drug control officer faces charge of misuse of official powers

Chief of the operational and search department within the counternarcotics agency has been arrested on suspicion of misusing official powers.

09:27, march 13, 2012

Former inmates back in Tajik jails over bribes

DUSHANBE, March 13, 2012, Asia-Plus DUSHANBE -- Tajikistan''s anticorruption agency says at least 10 former convicts who were freed under an amnesty last year have recently been arrested again for

09:35, march 2, 2012

Case of policeman charged over the death of a detainee remitted for further inquiry

DUSHANBE, March 2, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The case of Abdurahmon Dodov, an investigator with the police station in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district, charged over the death of a detainee, has been

17:22, february 29, 2012

Definition of torture introduced into Tajikistan’s Penal Code

Punishment for use of torture has been tightened in Tajikistan from two to five years in prison.

13:31, february 29, 2012

Detained Tajik tycoon could face new charges in Russia

DUSHANBE, February 29, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A Tajik businessman arrested in Moscow in 2010 on a warrant from Tajikistan has not been released from custody after his term of pretrial detention expired.

16:02, february 28, 2012

CPC enhancement issues to be discussed in Dushanbe tomorrow

DUSHANBE, February 28, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A two-day conference on ways to harmonize and develop the provisions of Tajikistan’s criminal procedure legislation is opening in Dushanbe on

16:54, february 23, 2012

Seven members of Jamaati Tabligh convicted in northern Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, February 23, 2012, Asia-Plus – Seven residents of the northern Sughd province have been convicted for membership in the banned Sunni missionary group Jamaati Tabligh (also known as Jamaat

15:08, february 23, 2012

Two residents of Qubodiyon district get long jail terms for membership in IMU

QURGHON TEPPA, February 23, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Two residents of Khatlon’s Qubodiyon district – Akmal Rashitov and Ibrohim Qurbonov – have got long jail terms for membership in the banned

08:59, february 22, 2012

Movarounnahr top manager’s mental health reportedly deteriorates

Mental health of 53-year-old top manager of “Movarounnahr,” which is Tajikistan’s largest real estate development company, has sharply deteriorated.

09:28, february 20, 2012

Policeman’s trial in detainee’s death starts in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, February 20, Asia-Plus -- The trail of Abdurahmon Dodov, an investigator with the police station in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district, charged over the death of a detainee has begun in a

16:01, february 13, 2012

Three get long jail terms for brutal killing

KHUJAND, February 13, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Three residents of the northern Sughd province have got long jail terms for brutal killing of refueling station operator.

09:29, february 9, 2012

Tajik court refuses complaint lodged by Russian pilot

QURGHON TEPPA, February 9, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Khatlon regional court on February 1 refused a complaint lodged by Vladimir Sadovnichiy, the pilot working for Rolkan Investment Ltd, a

11:02, february 7, 2012

Yakov Tsoi released from Afghan prison

DUSHANBE, February 7, 2012, Asia-Plus – Tajik national Yakov Tsoi was released from Afghan prison on February 6, the Tajik MFA information department reports.

16:49, february 6, 2012

Sangov’s relatives demand additional investigation

Sangov’s widow says the prosecutor’s office impedes investigation into the murder of her husband.

14:20, february 5, 2012

Boboyev family’s lawyers lodge application to the Constitutional Court

DUSHANBE, February 5, 2012 Asia-Plus – Sergey Romanov, one of lawyers of the Boboyev family, has told Asia-Plus that they have lodged an application to the Constitutional Court of Tajikistan,

16:50, february 3, 2012

High-ranking drug police officer faces corruption charges

Captain Ilhom Fayzov, the head of the anti-drug squad within the police station in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district, has been arrested for misuse of powers and bribery.

15:44, february 3, 2012

Members of drug-trafficking group broken up in Khatlon named

Among those detained in Khatlon province for drug smuggling is the son of Habubullo Majidov, the chief of the special traffic police unit.

15:24, february 3, 2012

Purge of Tajik police continues

Criminal proceedings have been instituted against eight police officers this month alone.

09:54, february 3, 2012

MFA denies report about arrest of son of diplomat for drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, February 3, 2012, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan’s Foreign has denied the report about the arrest of the son of Tajik diplomat for drug trafficking released by the Asia-Plus news agency as

14:09, february 1, 2012

Prosecutors investigate alleged Hajj corruption in Sughd

The Sughd prosecutor’s office has launched a probe into alleged corruption in organizing the 2011 Hajj in the province.

10:55, february 1, 2012

Over 66 kilos of hashish seized in Sughd in two operations yesterday

KHUJAND, February 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- More than 66 kilograms of hashish were seized in two operations carried out by police officers in the northern Sughd province on January 31, an