Tajkistan, Law-order

12:16, july 22, 2008

Trial of murderers of Russian expected to journalist to resume today

DUSHANBE, July 22, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The trial of two Tajik nationals of Tajik nationals -- Masrurjon Yatimov and Najmiddin Muhiddinov, charged with killing of a TV Channel One reporter

18:02, july 21, 2008

Dushanbe company accused of hiding income

DUSHANBE, July 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe limited liability company, Meridiana Trading, is accused of hiding actual incomes and tax evasion, according to the Agency for State

12:18, july 21, 2008

Entrepreneur charged with not paying taxes for more than $100,000

DUSHANBE, July 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Inspection by officers from the Khatlon anticorruption directorate has revealed serous financial violations in the Panj production cooperative Zohiriyon,

11:31, july 21, 2008

Deputy head of village council detained for unauthorized allotment of lands for housing

KULOB, July 21, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Haidr Rahimov, the deputy head of the Dehbaland jamoat (village council) in Khatlon’s Muminobod district has been detained on suspicion of having been

19:03, july 19, 2008

Head of English subdepartment at Kulob university detained for bribery

KULOB, July 19, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Sharif Murodov, the head of the English subdepartment at Kulob State University, was detained by officers from the Kulob anticorruption directorate on July

14:55, july 18, 2008

Trial of murderers of Russian journalist adjourned

The trial of two Tajik nationals, charged with killing of a TV Channel One reporter Ilyas Shurpayev, has been adjourned at request of their defense lawyers.

12:49, july 18, 2008

Industry the most corrupt sector in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, July 18, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In the Sughd province, the largest number of corruption-related crimes have been reported in the industrial sector, according to the Sughd anticorruption

10:03, july 18, 2008

Trial of killers of Russian journalist starts today

The trial of killers of Russian journalists will be held in two languages â€“ Russian and Tajik because the main case materials collected by investigators from the Russian Prosecutor-Generalâ€™s

11:15, july 17, 2008

Accountant charged with misappropriation of TJS45,400 belonging to district firefighting service

DUSHANBE, July 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tohir Imanov, an accountant with the firefighting services in Khatlon’s Rumi district, is charged with embezzlement of state funds.

11:00, july 17, 2008

M&P director’s lawyers don’t attend hearing, delaying consideration of appeal, says Supreme Court head

DUSHANBE, July 17, 2008, Asia-Plus - Consideration by the appeals court of the Supreme Court of an appeal lodged against the Supreme Court’s verdict against Marouf Orifov, general director of

10:46, july 17, 2008

More than 3,000 people convicted in Tajikistan in Jan-June 08

DUSHANBE, July 17, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first six months of this year, 3,105 people have been sentenced in Tajikistan for different crimes, Chairman of the Supreme court Nusratullo

15:58, july 16, 2008

Supreme Court head claims that Uzbek special services involved in Supreme Court blast

Speaking to reporters, Chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court, Nusratullo Abdulloyev stated today that Uzbek special services had been involved in last yearâ€™s bombing near the Supreme Court building.

12:28, july 16, 2008

Financial machinations by Kulob ginnery’s managers result in some 1.2 million somonis’ worth of damage

DUSHANBE, July 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Damage caused by financial machinations of managers of the Kulob open joint-stock company (OJSC), Pakhtai Kulob (Kulob cotton-ginning plant), to the

10:59, july 16, 2008

Gazovik-1 head charged with embezzlement of some 70,000 somonis

DUSHANBE, July 16, Asia-Plus -- Rustamkhon Choriyev, founder of the Dushanbe limited liability company, Gazovik-1, is charged with embezzlement of some 70,000 somonis of state funds,

10:31, july 16, 2008

Tajik expert considers that it still early to start fighting corrupt ministers

DUSHANBE, July 16, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Corruption affects all elements of society, discouraging the young and the entrepreneurs, and thus significantly hampering economic development in the

10:29, july 15, 2008

Administrators of the Zarya Vostoka plant face tax evasion charges

DUSHANBE, July 15, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Inspection by officers from the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of financial activities of the State Unitary Enterprise Zarya

16:33, july 14, 2008

Tojikgaz official face corruption charge

DUSHANBE, July 14, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Inspection by the State Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of the supply and sales activities of the Tajik state natural-gas

11:21, july 12, 2008

Suspect in special police unit commander killing established, says Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, July 12, 2008, Asia-Plus - Suspect in killing of Oleg Zakharchenko, commander of a special police unit, OMON, has been established, Tajik Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov

11:09, july 12, 2008

Dushanbe court sentences person involved in supreme court blast

DUSHANBE, July 12, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe has sentenced Komiljon Ishonqulov, who is charged with carrying out a bombing near the Supreme Court, to 22 years in jail.

14:39, july 11, 2008

Tajik chief prosecutor calls Charoghi Rouz editor ‘information terrorist’

If the Charoghi Rouz editor Dodojon Atovulloyev continues slanderous activity, we will have to institute criminal proceedings against him and he will be detained in any way in order to answer for

10:15, july 10, 2008

Drug production eradicated in 22 of 33 Afghan provinces, says Afghan minister

DUSHANBE, July 10, 2008, Asia-Plus -- In 22 of 33 Afghan provinces, production of drugs has been eradicated completely, Afghan Minister of Interiors Zarar Ahmad Moqbil announced at a press

15:42, july 9, 2008

Tajik authorities should give Red Cross access to prisons, says Payam Foroughi

DUSHANBE, July 9, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Tajik authorities should provide the Red Cross and human rights activists access to penitentiary facilities, Mr.

18:00, july 8, 2008

Panjakent prosecutor’s office fights tax violations

PANJAKENT, July 8, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first half-year of 2008, the Panjakent prosecutor’s office has issued 137 orders and 110 reclamations over illegal decisions made by heads of

16:35, july 8, 2008

Khujand jail breaker detained

Bakhtiyor Barotov who escaped from the Khujand-based high-security penal colony on July 1 was detained yesterday evening. He will get additional jail time for escape.

12:03, july 8, 2008

Shohamnsour court to hand down ruling on suit filed by Sobirov against Ismonov tomorrow

DUSHANBE, July 8, 2008, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district is expected to hand down ruling on a suit filed by an officially recognized leader of the Democratic Party (DPT),

12:28, july 2, 2008

Crime rate reducing in Panjakent, says local prosecutor

PANJAKENT, July 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Over the first six months of this year, 112 crimes have been registered in the city of Panjakent (Sughd province), which is 63 cases fewer than in the

10:51, july 2, 2008

Case of alleged killers of Russian journalist moves to court

DUSHANBE, July 2, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Case of two Tajik nationals charged with killing of a TV Channel One reporter Ilyas Shurpayev has moved to Tajikistan’s Supreme Court, Asia-Plus has

17:15, july 1, 2008

Muminobod police official faces bribery charge

DUSHANBE, July 1, Asia-Plus -- Rahmonali Kholov, the deputy chief of the police department in Khatlon’s Muminobod district, has been detained on suspicion of having been involved in bribery,

15:42, july 1, 2008

Two attempt to escape from Sughd prison, one of jailbreakers killed

Two inmates of the Khujand high-security penal colony attempted to escape today early in the morning. One of jailbreakers was killed while the other managed to escape.

14:19, july 1, 2008

Tursunzoda cattle thief faces killing charge

DUSHANBE, July 1, 2008, Asia-Plus -- Police officers have solved the cruel murder of shepherd in the Tursunzoda district, some 45 kilometers west of Dushanbe, according press service of the