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A Tajik citizen who escaped from a prison in Lipetsk, Davron Jabburov, was apprehended in the village of Ulusarki in the Zadonsky district of the Lipetsk oblast, Russian media report . According to the Telegram channels Mash and Shot , he is suspected of having initiated the escape. News of the breakout from Lipetsk’s Penal Colony No. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on October 17 that a court in Dushanbe has sentenced the leader of the opposition movement, Group 24, Suhrob Zafar, and his colleague Nasimjon Sharifov has been sentenced for “extremism” to 30 years and 20 years in prison, respectively. asiaplustj.info »
The Current Time channel reported on October 1 that paid cells may soon be introduced in prisons in Kyrgyzstan, as proposed by the government to help boost the state budget. The idea is to create an "experimental regime" in correctional facilities, where inmates could pay for improved living conditions, similar to those found in sanatoriums. asiaplustj.info »
The prosecutor of the Shohmansur metropolitan district demanded 19 years in prison for each for two employees of the “Muhammad 2009” construction company. The brothers Nusratullo and Khokimjon Kurbonov are accused of fraud, falsification of documents and abuse of authority, Radio “Ozodi” reports. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan has sentenced the 65-year-old Sojida Saidmurodova, the mother of former top police officer Dilshod Saidmurodov, who is serving life in prison for kidnapping and killing Shuhrat Ismatulloyev, the Frist Deputy Head of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Orienbonk, to 13 years in prison. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’ Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on June 18 that prosecutors have asked a court in the Dushanbe to convict and sentence to 14 years in prison on corruption charges Mrs. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan informed Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , on March 5 that it sentenced former police Lieutenant-Colonel Akmal Yusufzoda to 19 years in prison on February 28 on a charge of kidnapping and murdering a university teacher (Article130 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code - kidnapping by prior conspiracy; and Article 104 (2) of asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s 24.kg news agency reported on June 12 that a court in Bishkek’s Pervomaisky district has sentenced the fugitive president of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev to 30 years in prison. The fugitive president and other defendants in the criminal case were charged with corruption. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the judiciary convicted and sentenced Iranian armed forces personnel over the 2020 downing of a Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people on board. asiaplustj.info »
Imam of a mosque in Kushonion district of Khatlon province has got a jail term for kicking the musicians out of his nephew’s wedding. asiaplustj.info »
Sayfullo Saipov, a native of Uzbekistan, has been sentenced to life in prison for a terrorist attack carried out on October 21, 2017, in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (“ISIS”), in which Saipov used a truck to murder eight victims and injure many more on a bike path in lower Manhattan. asiaplustj.info »
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned a 10-year prison handed down to noted Tajik journalist Daler Imomali. On October 18, the CPT released a statement condemning the ruling. asiaplustj.info »
Noted Tajik blogger Daler Imomali has got a ten-year jail term. He must also pay a fine. Imomali’s relatives told Asia-Plus today morning that a court in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district sentenced Daler Imomali to 10 years in prison on October 17. asiaplustj.info »
Head of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of the Ministry of Justice, Mansourjon Umarov, has confirmed information about detention of group of prison inmates who were planning to create an organized radical group in the Khujand prison. asiaplustj.info »
The court of the Shokhmansur metropolitan district sentenced journalist Abdullo Gurbati to seven years and six months in prison in a penal colony with a high security regime. He was found guilty on three articles incriminated to him, the Independent Center for the Protection of Human Rights reports. asiaplustj.info »
A native of Tajikistan and a former university teacher in Australia, Abdusalom Odinazod, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for promoting terrorism on Youtube. This was reported on August 26 by the news portal ABCnews . asiaplustj.info »
Two of three persons accused of killing the Mahmadov family in Khatlon’s Jaihoun district have been sentenced to life prison. The Khatlon regional court sentenced Mahmadghayur Khaibulloyev and Qiyomiddin Nasriddinov to life in prison on August 4. asiaplustj.info »
A prosecutor in the trial of three persons accused of killing the Mahmadov family asked Khatlon’s regional court on August 3 to sentence two defendants to life in prison and the third defendant to 30 years in prison. asiaplustj.info »
A noted Tajik rights defender, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2021 on fraud charges that he has rejected, has got additional six years in prison. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , says a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district sentenced Izzat Amon to six years in prison on June 6. asiaplustj.info »
A traveler from Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region, Polina Yermakova, was detained in Uzbekistan for transporting a drone, according to Fergana.ru. Polina reportedly entered Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan on May 15 and two days later on May 17, she was detained at the railway station in Tashkent when she was going to travel by train to Bukhara. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on April 29 that Amriddin Alovatshoyev, who is considered leader of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) youth in Russia, has got a lengthy jail term. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says prosecutors in Khatlon province are seeking an additional seven years in prison for a jailed lawyer on charges of having links with an extremist group. asiaplustj.info »
Pedophile from Khatlon province has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a nine-year-old girl. The Khatlon regional court sentenced Rustam Boltakhonov to life in prison on November 23. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty says a well-connected woman in Dushanbe is facing up to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder of her husband’s alleged second wife in a case being closely watched by Tajiks. asiaplustj.info »
The amnesty law was not applied to him. On October 19, the Dushanbe city court sentenced Izzat Amon, a human rights defender of migrants in Russia, to nine years in prison. This was announced by his lawyer Saidburkhon Sharipov. asiaplustj.info »
He imported goods from Iran and China for $ 3.9 million and did not pay taxes. asiaplustj.info »
A 36-year-old resident of Danghara district, Amriddin Naqshov, who is the nephew of president’s wife Azizamo Asadulloyeva, has been given a fine while some others received prison sentences over a stabbing incident that occurred in Danghara in May this year, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on September 2. 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 »
Once one of Tajikistan's most influential businessmen, Rajabali Odinayev, who is serving a 28-year prison term on embezzlement charges, has undergone stomach surgery after his health deteriorated. asiaplustj.info »
The information that HIMA Corporation top manager Ismatullo Hayoyev has been sentenced to 8 years in prison does not correspond to the facts, the Supreme Court chairman Shermuhammad Shohiyon told reporters in Dushanbe on February 8. asiaplustj.info »
A 27-year-old resident of the southern city of Kulob has been detained on suspicion of extortion. According to the Interior Ministry’s press center, he extorted money from the father of a 24-year-old woman with whom he had an intimate relationship. asiaplustj.info »
The Dushanbe city court completed the consideration of criminal proceedings instituted against two men charged with killing two young women with extreme cruelty and declared the verdict on December 22. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Dushanbe has sentenced the son of well-known Islamic cleric Said Qiyomiddin Ghozi to 13 years in prison on a charge of high treason. A city official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Radio Liberty on November 3 that the Dushanbe City Court sentenced 44-year-old Said Muhammad Saidqiyomiddin last week after finding him guilty of spying for Iran. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media outlets say former Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev is on hunger strike to protest bad prison conditions. Atambayev’s defense lawyer, Zami Zhooshev told 24.rg on October 26 that Almazbek Atambayev has been transported to detention center 1 in Bishkek. asiaplustj.info »
A court in the northern Sughd province sentenced 20 local residents to prison terms ranging from between five and seven years last week, according to Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service . The sentence followed their conviction on charge of membership in the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement. asiaplustj.info »
Prison visits have still been suspended in Tajikistan due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. A source within the Main Penitentiary Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan says that for the purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 in penitentiary institutions short-term and long-term prison visits have been temporarily suspended. asiaplustj.info »
Investigation into the rape of a 12-year-old girl by her 42-year-old cousin in Hisor is going on, says the Tashabbusi Huquqi (Legal Imitative) Public Foundation, which has provided defense to the girl. asiaplustj.info »
41 prison inmates have died of different diseases in Tajikistan over the first six months of this year, the Minister of Justice Muzaffar Ashouriyon told reporters in Dushanbe on July 13. “Of them, eleven prison inmates died of pneumonia,” the minister said. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Dushanbe has sentenced Yusuf Ziyoyev to life in prison on July 9. asiaplustj.info »
Separate prison for prisoners convicted of terrorism-related crimes is expected to be commissioned in Vahdat Township in two months, chief of the Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Penalties at the Ministry of Justice, Mansourjon Umarov, told Asia-Plus in an interview Tuesday afternoon. asiaplustj.info »
A Kyrgyz court has sentenced former President Almazbek Atambayev to 11 years and two months in prison for the illegal release of notorious crime boss Aziz Batukayev in 2013, Radio Liberty reported on June 23. asiaplustj.info »
Eleven prison inmates and three prison guards have died since late March, Mansourjon Umarov, the head of the Main Penitentiary Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan, told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
A prominent Tajik actor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of extortion, two sources familiar with the case told RFE/RL on June 10. An official at the Dushanbe court where the actor was tried said that Behrouz Saeed, 25, had his prison sentence cut by three years under an amnesty. The official didn't provide further details. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Bishkek has found former Prime Minister Sapar Isakov guilty of misusing state funds allocated for the renovation of Bishkek’s National History Museum and a hippodrome in the northern town of Cholpon-Ata while in office and sentenced him to 18 years in prison, according to RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service . asiaplustj.info »
