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Uzbekistan is preparing changes to its criminal legislation aimed at tightening penalties for crimes involving violence against women and children. Among the proposed reforms is the introduction of life sentences for those convicted of pedophilia and administrative detention of up to five days for sexual harassment. asiaplustj.info »
Lawyers representing victims in the Crocus City Hall terror attack case intend to seek the harshest possible punishment for all defendants, including life imprisonment. The statement was reported by TASS , citing attorney Lyudmila Ayvar. asiaplustj.info »
More than 400 women are currently serving their jail terms in a women’s penal colony in Nurek, according to Ms. Bunafsha Fayziddinzoda, Chairperson of the Committee on Women and Family Affairs under the government. asiaplustj.info »
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan has announced the possibility of reviewing previously issued prison sentences related to social media activity, such as "likes" and reposts. The move follows recent legislative changes and growing criticism over the criminalization of online expressions. asiaplustj.info »
The Federal Appeals Court of Abu Dhabi has sentenced three suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan to death. It was also revealed that their accomplice received a life sentence for “premeditated murder with terrorist intentions,” Fergana news agency reports , citing WAM news agency. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday, February 5, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan issued verdicts in a high-profile case concerning an alleged attempt at a “state coup.” They are charged with state treason and seeking to seize political power in the country by force. asiaplustj.info »
A prosecutor in a the trial of eight political figures, who are charged with state treason and seeking to seize political power in the country by force, asked the Supreme Court on January 8 to sentence them to prison terms ranging from 20 to 30 years, two sources, who wanted to remain unnamed, told Asia-Plus Thursday morning. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports said yesterday that an Iranian court has delivered a verdict against the main convict indicted for the August attack on the Shah Cheragh holy shrine in Iran’s southern province of Fars. asiaplustj.info »
The Panjakent city court sentenced local freelance journalist Khurshed Fozilov to seven years in prison on May 26. The sentence followed his conviction on charges public calls for forcible changes to the constitutional order in the country through the media and or the Internet (Article 307 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code). 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 »
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 Supreme Court of Tajikistan has completed consideration of criminal proceedings instituted against 119 suspected members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group and sentenced 117 of them to various jail terms ranging from five to 23 years. Two others were fined for not reporting a crime. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Germany has sentenced an asylum seeker from Tajikistan to seven years in prison for membership in the Islamic State (IS) terror and plotting attacks in Albania and Germany. The Higher Regional Court of D asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov was handed 40 life sentences without parole after 39 killed in Istanbul attack. A Turkish court sentenced to life in prison the main suspect in a gun attack at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day in 2017 in which 39 people were killed. 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 »
