Tajikistan
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Read our selection of press reports about this country.
Tajikistan: jailed journalist transferred to Dushanbe-based prison No.1, still awaiting surgery
The health condition of imprisoned journalist Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda continues to raise serious concerns. He was recently transferred from a penal colony to a high-security prison, but the urgent surgery he needs has not yet been performed.Tajikistan: authorities explain why jailed journalist was denied surgery outside prison
The Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sentences (GUIN) at the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan has explained why imprisoned journalist Abdussattor Pirmuhammadzoda was not allowed to undergo surgery outside the prison system.Tajikistan: journalist Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzod's health deteriorated in prison, relatives demand urgent help
Relatives of Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzod, a Tajik journalist, report that they have not received information about his condition for the past six months. Two months ago, they complained that they had not received any news about his health and could not meet with him in Khujand prison.Tajikistan: denial of "qualified medical care" led to Ismaili leader’s prison death?
Nearly three years into his five-year prison sentence, prisoner of conscience Muzaffar Davlatmirov, a leading Ismaili Muslim khalifa (cleric) from Mountainous Badakhshan, has died in prison. He died of poor health in the labour camp at Yavan in Khatlon Region.Tajikistan: international human rights activists demand release of journalist Rukhshona Khakimova
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has strongly condemned the sentencing of Tajik journalist Rukhshona Khakimova, calling on Tajik authorities to release her immediately and unconditionally.
Tajikistan: autonomous region protesters denied fair trials
Dozens of residents of an autonomous region in Tajikistan detained since May 2022 protests are facing closed, unfair trials, Human Rights Watch said today. Defendants are being tried on serious charges often without access to lawyers or the evidence against them in violation of their due process ri…
Tajikistan: Submission to UN Human Rights Committee's Review
This memorandum provides an overview of Human Rights Watch’s main concerns with respect to the human rights situation in Tajikistan, submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (“the Committee”) in advance of its pre-sessional review of Tajikistan in July 2019. We hope it will inform the…