Tajkistan, Law-order

11:00, january 6, 2014

Uzbekistan reportedly prevented illegal transit of 20 stolen cars from Europe to Tajikistan in 2013

DUSHANBE, January 6, 2014, Asia-Plus – According to information posted on an official website of Uzbekistan’s Customs Committee, Uzbek customs officers prevented illegal transit of 20 stolen cars

16:01, january 3, 2014

Sughd regional court rejects appeal by a journalist in Asht district

KHUJAND, January 3, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd regional court has upheld the Asht district court’s verdict against Mahmadyusuf Ismoilov, a journalist in the Asht district, Ismoilov’s defense

13:50, january 3, 2014

Pastor of Sonmin Sunbogym Korean Church arrested for giving bribe

DUSHANBE, January 3, 2014, Asia-Plus -- A pastor of Sonmin Sunbogym Korean Church, Mr.

13:57, december 27, 2013

Victims of accident involving state railway company chief’s son refuse to give evidence

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2013, Asia-Plus – Victims of a deadly traffic accident that involved the 16-year-old son of the chief of the Tajik state railway company, Rasoul Amonullo, have refused to

10:46, december 27, 2013

Prosecutor-General’s Office releases statement regarding Saidov’s case

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2013, Asia-Plus – The Prosecutor-General’s Office of Tajikistan has released a statement regarding the case of Tajik tycoon Zayd Saidov, who was sentenced to 26 years in

10:00, december 27, 2013

Five supporters and relatives of Zayd Saidov fined for refusing to follow police instructions

DUSHANBE, December 27, 2013, Asia-Plus – A court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Smoni district has imposed fines upon five supporters and relatives of jailed tycoon Zayd Saidov.

14:24, december 26, 2013

Jamaat Ansarullah member sentenced to 10½ years in jail in Sughd

KHUJAND, December 26, 2013, Asia-Plus -- H.I., 30, from the northern city of Istaravashan has got a long jail term for membership in the outlawed religious extremist group Jamaat Ansarullah.

17:17, december 25, 2013

Disgraced Tajik businessman sentenced to 26 years in jail

Zayd Saidov will serve his term in a high-security penal colony.

16:41, december 25, 2013

Representative of Pulkovo Airlines detained in Dushanbe on suspicion of currency smuggling

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Representative of Pulkovo Airlines at Dushanbe airport, Erkinjon Hakimov, has been detained on suspicion of having been involved in currency smuggling,

09:20, december 25, 2013

Five Tajiks jailed for fighting in Syria

DUSHANBE, December 25, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan''s Supreme Court has sentenced five of the country''s citizens to around two years in jail for fighting on the side of antigovernment forces in

16:35, december 24, 2013

Ikormzoda’s defense lawyer intends to send torture video to examination

DUSHANBE, December 24, 2013, Asia-Plus – Lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov, who represents the family of Hamza Ikromzoda, who died in detention center in Dushanbe in September 2012, says he intends to send

15:04, december 20, 2013

Tajik stay rail company chief’s son to stay trial for deadly accident soon

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The 16-year-old son of Tajik state rail company chief is expected to stay trial for deadly accident soon.

15:40, december 12, 2013

Two members of military recruitment commission convicted in Khatlon province

QURGHON TEPPA, December 12, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Two members of the military recruitment commission in the Nosir Khusrav district, Khatlon province – physician Bobokhon Ochildiev and recruitment

11:13, december 12, 2013

Qurghon Teppa court upholds Yovon court’s verdict against police officer, accused of torturing teen

QURGHON TEPPA, December 12, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Qurghon Teppa city court that reconsidered criminal proceedings instituted against Mashraf Aliyev, a former officer from the police station in the

16:53, december 11, 2013

Zayd Saidov maintains innocence

Disgraced Tajik businessman Zayd Saidov maintains innocence.

16:04, december 11, 2013

SCNS officer convicted of setting fire to his mother’s house in Khatlon

QURGHON TEPPA, December 11, 2013, Asia-Plus -- A military court of the Khatlon garrison has sentenced Atajon Nazhbuddinov, an officer at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in

15:06, december 6, 2013

Tajikistan’s savings bank takes measures to combat corruption

DUSHANBE, December 6, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s savings bank, Amonatbonk, is taking measures to promote the fight against corruption in the country.

17:00, december 5, 2013

Police officer from Sughd detained for drug trafficking

KHUJAND, December 5, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Police officer from the northern province of Sughd has been arrested on suspicion of having involved in drug trafficking.

15:52, december 5, 2013

Prosecutor asks for 28-year sentence for Zayd Saidov

The judge ordered the adjournment until Friday morning

11:53, december 4, 2013

Shah Iskandarov Heads Tursunzade Police Department

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2013, Asia-Plus -- On December 3, President Emamali Rahman, made some changes in the country''s police structure.

15:34, december 3, 2013

Prosecutor asks 12.5 years for police officer accused of torturing teen boy

QURGHON TEPPA, December 3, 2013, Asia-Plus -- A prosecutor in the trial of Mashraf Aliyev, a former officer from the police station in the Yovon district of Khatlon province, who is accused of

15:05, december 3, 2013

TI’s Corruption Perception Index of 2013 lists Tajikistan 154th among 177 countries

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2013, Asia-Plus -- This year, Transparency International''s Corruption Perception Index has listed Tajikistan with a score of 22 154th among 177 countries.

15:21, december 2, 2013

OSCE facilitates police reform in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 2, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan facilitated a three-day expert operational meeting from November 27 to November 29 November, 2013 According to the OSCE

14:13, december 2, 2013

Wife of head of Tajik state railway company fined TJS 120 for violation...

By ruling handed down by a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district the wife of Amonullo Hukumatullo, the chief of the Tajik state railway company, Tajik Railways, has been fined 120.

15:43, november 30, 2013

Tajik customs officers learn stolen vehicles search techniques

DUSHANBE, November 30, 2013, Asia-Plus -- Fifteen officers from custom service agency participated in search techniques of stolen vehicles training, according to the Delegation of the European

09:37, november 29, 2013

Recruitment officer from Kulob gets two years in jail for attempt to bribe prosecutor

QURGHON TEPPA, November 29, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The military court of the Khatlon garrison has sentenced recruitment officer from Kulob, Mahmoud Pirov, to two years in jail for an attempt to bribe

09:27, november 28, 2013

Sughd regional court upholds Asht district court’s verdict against Ismoilov

KHUJAND, November 28, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The appeals court of the Sughd regional court yesterday upheld the Asht district court’s verdict against local journalist Mahmadyusuf Ismoilov.

16:13, november 27, 2013

Dushanbe city court rejects appeal by ‘Mulloi Judogar’

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2013, Asia-Plus – The Dushanbe city court has upheld the verdict of a court in Dushanbe’s Sino district against Asadullo Ibrohimov, Ibrohimov’s defense lawyer, Mavloudkhon

16:19, november 26, 2013

Ismoilov’s defense lawyer appeals the sentence passed on his client

KHUJAND, November 26, 2013, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd regional court is expected to consider an appeal lodged by Mahmadyusuf Ismoilov’s defense lawyer against the verdict passed by the Asht district

14:28, november 20, 2013