Tajkistan, Law-order

11:21, march 11, 2020

Two gang members convicted of highway killings in Russia sentenced in Tajikistan

Russia's Prosecutor-General's Office says two members of a notorious gang have been convicted of highway killings and robberies in Russia and sentenced to 25 years in prison each in

11:24, march 10, 2020

Police seek persons sowing panic over the coronavirus outbreak

The Interior Ministry promises to find persons who were sowing panic over the coronavirus outbreak in the county in early March.

11:29, march 6, 2020

Austria extradites Tajik suspected of high treason to Dushanbe

Austria has extradited Tajik national suspected of high treason to Dushanbe. Tajik authorities say he is the fourth Tajik national extradited by the countries of the European Union to Dushanbe.

10:32, march 5, 2020

Mother questions prison death of son who led a group of attackers who killed foreign cyclists in Danghara

The mother of the sole survivor of a group of attackers who killed four Western cyclists in the Danghara district in 2018 has raised questions about the death of her son in prison.

17:54, february 27, 2020

Police report large haul of synthetic drugs

Three nationals of Afghanistan have been detained with a large consignment of synthetic drugs in Dushanbe, according to the Interior Ministry’s press center.

09:38, february 18, 2020

Tajik interior ministry seeks witnesses of Commander Khouja’s crimes

The Interior Ministry of Tajikistan is seeking witnesses of Commander Khouja’s crimes. He is suspected of banditry, murder, torture, hostage taking and illegal possession of weapons.

17:42, february 17, 2020

UAE reportedly extradites Tajik civil war commander to Tajikistan

A field commander of the former pro government Popular Front, Khouja Karimov, has been extradited from Dubai to Dushanbe.

15:24, february 14, 2020

Three detained with large amount of narcotic drug in Dushanbe

Three persons were detained with 44.

09:17, february 14, 2020

Former director of the Affordable Housing complex jailed for fraud and embezzlement of funds

Former director of the State Unitary Enterprise (SUE) Sokhtomoni Manzili Dastras (Affordable Housing Construction), Nourullo Naimov, has been jailed for fraud and embezzlement of funds.

11:43, february 3, 2020

Three residents of Roudaki district detained on suspicion of selling counterfeit Russian rubles

Three residents of the Roudaki district have been detained on suspicion of selling counterfeit Russian rubles, according to the Interior Ministry’s website They were reportedly in

09:55, february 3, 2020

Prosecutor-General’s Office confirms freelance journalist suspected of inciting religious enmity

The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Tajikistan has confirmed that freelance journalist Daler Sharifov was detained on extremism charges.

09:36, january 31, 2020

Court rules to place journalist Daler Sharifov in pretrial detention for two months

Tajik freelance journalist, who has been held by security services for more than two days, has been arrested on a charge of inciting public discord.

16:56, january 29, 2020

Jail term of journalist from the Asht district reduced by one year, four months and twenty days

A jail term of Mahmadyusuf Ismoilov, a journalist from the Asht district of the Sughd province, has been reduced by one year, four months and twenty days.

11:49, january 29, 2020

Tajik, who became victim of hate crime in Russia, successfully sues for damages

Tajik national Sulaimon Saidov, who became victim of hate crime in Russia, has successfully sued for damages in the Cheryomushinsky court of Moscow.

16:32, january 28, 2020

Tajik chief prosecutor Yusuf Rahmon declares for restoration of death penalty

Tajik prosecutor-General Yusuf Rahmon believes that separate category of persons committing grave crimes is incorrigible.

14:56, january 23, 2020

Two jailed for disseminating fake U.S. dollars

Two persons have got lengthy jail terms for disseminating counterfeit U.S. dollars. They have reportedly disseminated about 10,000 fake U.

10:43, january 21, 2020

Police say no probe into activist's 'sex video'

Police have decided not to open a criminal probe to find the perpetrators behind a sex video shared online in an apparent smear campaign against a woman activist, according to Radio Liberty’s

10:06, january 7, 2020

6,378 crimes reported in Sughd province last year.

Sughd chief prosecutor Habibullo Vohidov yesterday held a meeting in Khujand to review the results of the past year’s work.

11:39, december 30, 2019

Student of Tajik University of Commerce gets lengthy jail term for killing his fellow student

A student of Tajik University of Commerce has got a lengthy jail term for killing his fellow student.

09:27, december 27, 2019

More than 194 kilograms of ferula oleoresin confiscated from resident of Roudaki district

A 30-yer-old man, resident of the Pistamazor village in the Roudaki district, has been detained on suspicion of being involved in ferula oleoresin trafficking.

16:54, december 24, 2019

Russian prosecutor asks for 3 ½-year sentence for 21-yearold Tajik migrant

A prosecutor in the trial of a 21-year-old native of Tajikistan Samariddin Rajabov asked a court in Moscow’ Meshchansky district on December 23 to sentence Samariddin Rajabov to a 3

16:50, december 20, 2019

Police officer convicted of torture disappears after sentencing

One of police officers convicted of torture has disappeared after sentencing. Nobody knows his whereabouts.

17:02, december 18, 2019

Resident of Spitamen district jailed for fighting alongside ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq

A resident of the Spitamen district in the northern Sughd province has got a lengthy jail term for fighting alongside militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group in Syria and

10:39, december 17, 2019

Dushanbe court sentences four police officers on torture charges

A court in Dushanbe has sentenced a senior Dushanbe police officer and three other officers to time in prison after they were found guilty of torturing a man who was being held for drug charges,

10:02, december 13, 2019

28 Vahdat prison rioters get additional lengthy terms

Twenty-eight inmates of a high-security penal in Vahdat Township have got lengthy jail terms for their roles in a riot that broke out in the penal colony late on May 19 this year.

10:57, december 5, 2019

Resident of Dushanbe fined tidy sum for smuggling 26 mobile phones from Dubai

A 29-year-old resident of Dushanbe Dilmurod Asadov, who runs shop at Dushanbe’s Central Department Store (Tsum), has been fined a tidy sum for smuggling 26 mobile phones from Dubai.

15:51, november 28, 2019

Parliament endorses amendments prohibiting holding adult and juvenile suspects in one cell

The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) today endorsed amendments proposed by the government to the country’s law on the procedure and conditions of detention

10:02, november 28, 2019

Jailed human rights lawyer's prison term shortened as part of mass amnesty

The 28-year prison sentence of jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has been shortened as part of a recent mass amnesty.

10:46, november 27, 2019

Knife crime prevention operation under way in Tajik capital

A knife crime prevention operation is under way in the Tajik capital.

09:52, november 22, 2019

Tajik business owners sentenced to prison over fake job recruitment scam

A court in Dushanbe has convicted two private business owners of defrauding more than 200 impoverished Tajiks through a fake job recruitment scheme that falsely guaranteed them employment at an auto