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The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, told lawmakers yesterday that he wants to “revive the opposition”. Mirziyoyev leader was reportedly addressing the chamber's 150 lawmakers -- all of whom broadly support him -- elected in a parliamentary ballot at the end of October. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik opposition activist Dilmurod Ergashev attempted to commit suicide before being deported from Germany to Tajikistan, The Insider investigative group reported on November 6, citing self-exiled Tajik opposition activist Sharofiddin Gadoyev, the head of the Reforms and Development of Tajikistan movement. asiaplustj.info »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on October 31 that an administrative court in Germany has ordered the deportation of Dilmurod Ergashev, an activist of the opposition movement Group 24. The ruling, issued on October 28, reportedly mandates that Ergashev be deported in early November. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Lithuania on June 4 refused to extend the detention of Tajik opposition activist Sulaimon Davlatov, ordering his immediate release. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , says Davlatov was arrested in early April on an unspecified charge related to an alleged violation of the Baltic country's national security. asiaplustj.info »
Three international human rights organizations have expressed concern over the fate of Suhrob Zafar, the leader of the outlawed opposition Group 24 movement whose whereabouts have been unknown since early March. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reports that activists from the Tajik opposition movement Group 24 said on April 24 that police in Italy detained the movement's eight members a day earlier. asiaplustj.info »
The 40-year-old Sulaimon Davlatov, a former member of group 24 and the Congress of Constructive Forces opposition movements, was detained in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, on April 7, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on April 8. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Turkiye’s main opposition party has claimed big election victories in the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara. The results are reportedly a significant blow for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had hoped to regain control of the cities less than a year after he claimed a third term as president. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik Prosecutor-General's Office, for the first time, confirmed on February 16 that opposition activist Bilol Qurbonaliyev was arrested after Germany deported him in November, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says . asiaplustj.info »
Relatives of Tajik opposition activist Bilol Qurbonaliyev, who was deported from Germany for allegedly violating immigration rules, told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on December 22 that he has been arrested in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported yesterday that Asliddin Sharipov, the brother of the director of an opposition online television station, has been held in a detention center in the Tajik northern city of Khujand weeks after he was extradited from Russia. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities must disclose the whereabouts of Asliddin Sharipov who disappeared after Russian authorities extradited him to Tajikistan earlier this fall, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) said in a statement released on October 30. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on October 18 that Farhod Odinayev is part of a group of self-exiled Tajik activists who have complained that their relatives were under pressure after activists pelted the car of President Emomali Rahmon with eggs while he was in Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in late September. asiaplustj.info »
Russian authorities have extradited to Tajikistan the brother of the director of an opposition online TV channel, according to relatives who spoke with Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , on October 9. asiaplustj.info »
Belarusian authorities have extradited Tajik opposition activist Nizomiddin Nasriddinov to Tajikistan despite warnings from human rights groups that he "would be at serious risk of arbitrary detention and torture on the basis of his political beliefs. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the second meeting of leaders of the anti-Taliban opposition group, which was held in Vienna on April 24-26, ended with an emphasis on a peaceful political solution. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports that according to the National Alliance of Tajikistan (PMT), which unites several opposition groups in exile, a son of Tajik opposition politician Shamsiddin Saidov may be extradited to Tajikistan from Germany, where he will face arbitrary arrest and torture. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says a pro-Western opposition alliance staged a protest in Yerevan on November 22 calling for Armenia’s exit from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) ahead of a summit of the Moscow-led defense bloc in the Armenian capital. asiaplustj.info »
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan politician, former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker, has stated that Tajikistan, by providing asylum to the Afghan opposition, has declared war against Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Adakhan Madumarov, a Kyrgyz lawmaker and the leader of opposition Butun (United) Kyrgyzstan party, says a probe has been launched against him into allegations that he committed treason over a real estate deal signed 12 years ago. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says two jailed Tajik opposition politicians have been placed in solitary confinement after sending a letter to President Emomali Rahmon from a penal colony. asiaplustj.info »
A former member of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), who quit his political activities years ago, has been sentenced to five years in prison for being "a member of a banned extremist organization," according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . asiaplustj.info »
Jailed Tajik opposition veteran Hikmatullo Saifullozoda has reportedly been moved to a prison hospital after the 70-year-old is said to have shown signs of heart trouble, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , said on April 1. asiaplustj.info »
A prosecutor in the trial of the deputy head of the Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT), Mahmourod Odinayev, asked a court in Roudaki district on January 27 to sentence Odinayev to a 15-year prison term. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy leader of the opposition Social-Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) Mahmurod Odinayev, 58, who has been on missing since November 20, was reportedly detained in Dushanbe on December 5 and brought under convoy to Hisor, according to the press center of the Prosecutor-General’s Office. He faces five years in prison for hooliganism. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities say they have yet to launch an official search for opposition leader Mahmurod Odinayev, disputing a claim by relatives that a request to do so has been filed, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service. asiaplustj.info »
A Tajik political opposition group that is labeled as extremist and banned in Tajikistan says one of its activists has been detained in Russia, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Austria has invalidated an extradition order for Tajik opposition activist Hizbullo Shovalizoda, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on extremism charges his supporters reject after his arrival to Dushanbe from Vienna earlier this year, according to Radio Liberty . asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on June 12 that Tajik opposition activist Hizbullo Shovalizoda, who was extradited from Austria in March, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on extremism charges. asiaplustj.info »
