Tajkistan, Law-order

14:21, june 3, 2015

Dushanbe resident detained in the United States for a large-scale fraud

DUHANBE, June 3, 2015, Asia-Plus – Dushanbe resident Parviz Shamsiyev, 22, has reportedly been detained in the United States at the request of Tajik authorities.

14:20, june 3, 2015

Dushanbe resident detained in the United States for a large-scale fraud

DUHANBE, June 3, 2015, Asia-Plus – Dushanbe resident Parviz Shamsiyev, 22, has reportedly been detained in the United States at the request of Tajik authorities.

14:43, june 2, 2015

Court considers case of Tajik who was fighting in Syria

DUSHANBE, June 2, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district is considering criminal proceedings instituted against Saidjaffar Mirzoshoyev, who was fighting alongside Islamic

16:23, may 31, 2015

Gym teacher from Tursunzoda stabs to death principal and director of studies of local school

DUSHANBE, May 31, 2015, Asia-Plus – A gymnastics teacher from School No 7 in the city of Tursunzoda, Yuldosh Aytmatov, has stabbed to death the school principal Dilorom Nishonova and her sister

13:09, may 29, 2015

Tajik chief-prosecutor’s office sets up commission to probe into OMON commander’s case

DUSHANBE, May 28, 2015, Asia-Plus – The Prosecutor-General’s Office has set up a special commission to study all available information on the Tajik OMON (special police unit) commander.

16:12, may 28, 2015

Tajikistan designates ISIL as terrorist group

The Supreme Court of Tajikistan formally labeled Islamic Sate of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as a terrorist organization.

14:06, may 28, 2015

Soldier gets 5½ in jail for hazing

DUSHANBE, May 28, 2015, Asia-Plus – A military court in Dushanbe sentenced soldier of military unit 12019 of the Ministry of Defense, Farrukh Poulodov to 5 ½ years in prison on May 27.

10:58, may 28, 2015

IRP activist fined 60,000 somoni for polygamy

DUSHANBE, May 28, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The Islamic Revival Party (IRP) activist Said Ibrohim Nazar, who is an adviser to IRP leader Muhiddin Kabiri, has been fined 60,000 somoni for polygamy.

15:29, may 25, 2015

Court orders border guard directorate to pay compensation to soldier

A court in the Dushanbe military garrison has ordered the Main Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) to pay compensation to the soldier who was seriously

16:53, may 22, 2015

Head of tax inspectorate in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district faces charge of bribe taking

DUSHANBE, May 22, 2015, Asia-Plus – The head of the tax inspectorate in Dushanbe’s Firdavsi district, reportedly faces charge of bribe taking.

11:26, may 19, 2015

Tajik prosecutors launch investigation into fake documents allowing to wear a beard or hijab

The Tajik Prosecutor-General’s Office has launched investigation into fake documents purporting to allow observant Muslims to wear a beard or hijab.

16:53, may 15, 2015

10th grade student posing as president’s son released from responsibility

A Dushanbe high school student who earned tens of thousands of dollars by impersonating president’s son has been released from criminal responsibility and returned to school.

15:57, may 15, 2015

Nazari Nek bazaar director gets jail term of 17½ years for beating teen to death

KHUJAND, May 15, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Rustam Jourayev, the director of Bobojonghafourov’s Nazari Nek bazaar, has got a long jail term for beating teenager to death The Sughd regional court

10:10, may 13, 2015

Russian president pardons two who were jailed by a Tajik court for high treason

DUSHANBE, May 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned two employees of Tajik uranium-processing plant, Vostokredmet, Russian media outlets report.

09:47, may 12, 2015

Dushanbe resident arrested on suspicion of trafficking in gemstones

DUSHANBE, May 12, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A 40-year-old resident of Dushanbe has been detained on suspicion of trafficking in gemstones, according to the Interior Ministry press center.

16:34, may 11, 2015

Member of Salafi group convicted in northern Tajikistan

KHUJAND, May 11, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A resident of the northern province of Sughd has been jailed for being adherent to a banned branch of Islam.

16:01, may 7, 2015

Prosecutor asks for 20-year sentence for Nazari Nek bazaar director

KHUJAND, May 7, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor in the trial of Rustam Jourayev, the director of Bobojonghafourov’s Nazari Nek bazaar, asked the Sughd regional court on May 7 to sentence Rustam

14:46, may 7, 2015

Woman from Vakhsh arrested for selling her newborn baby

DUSHANBE, May 7, 2015, Asia-Plus – A 47-year-old woman from the Vakhsh district of Khatlon province has been arrested for selling her newborn baby.

16:31, may 6, 2015

Tajik soldiers imprisoned for hazing, but lawyers acknowledge light sentences

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2015, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports that a military court in Tajikistan has convicted six Interior Ministry soldiers of hazing and sentenced them to prison

14:58, may 6, 2015

10th grade student from Dushanbe receives US $ 50,000 posing as president’s son

DUSHANBE, May 6, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption has detained a tenth grader from the Dushanbe International School who reportedly collected US $

11:26, may 6, 2015

23 residents of Sughd convicted of being members of Jamaat Ansarullah

23 residents of the northern province of Sughd have been convicted of being members of a banned Islamic group Jamaat Ansarullah.

17:09, may 5, 2015

Six soldiers sentenced to between 2 and 2½ years in jail for hazing incident

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Six soldiers of military unit 6592 of the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry have been jailed for hazing incident.

16:30, may 5, 2015

Prosecutor asks for 5-year sentence for six soldiers facing charge of hazing

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A court of the Dushanbe military garrison is considering a case of six soldiers of military unit 6592 of the Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry who are

10:49, may 5, 2015

Border guard officer faces bribery charge

DUSHANBE, May 5, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Commander of a frontier post of border unit 2042 deployed in the northern province of Sughd has been detained on suspicion of bribe taking.

09:43, may 4, 2015

Russian court sentences four Tajiks on terrorism charges

DUSHANBE, May 4, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Radio Liberty reports that a Russian court has sentenced four Tajik nationals -- suspected members of the banned Hizb ut-Tahrir extremist organization -- to at

16:16, may 2, 2015

Two women from Sughd imprisoned for human trafficking

DUSHANBE, May 3, 2015, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports a court in the northern province of Sughd on April 30 sentenced two women to prison for human trafficking and forcing women

16:06, april 30, 2015

Ten residents of Sughd convicted of membership in Jamaat Ansarullah

KHUJAND, April 30, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Ten residents of the northern province of Sughd have been convicted of membership in a banned Islamic group Jamaat Ansarullah the Tajik government has

11:29, april 30, 2015

Two brothers from Leningrad oblast get jail terms for murder of Tajik national

DUSHANBE, April 30, 2015, Asia-Plus – Two brothers from the Kirov district in Leningrad oblast have got jail terms for murder of Tajik national.

09:05, april 28, 2015

Tajik police reprimanded for forcing Muslims to shave beards

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Two Tajik police officers have been reprimanded for forcing Muslims to shave their beards, and have been warned of harsher consequences if complaints by

14:31, april 24, 2015

Russian national who was killed in Panj was reportedly going to go Afghanistan for jihad

Tajik law enforcement authorities say that Russian national who was shot by Tajik police in Khatlon’s Panj district on April 23 was going to travel to Afghanistan to participate in jihad.