Tajkistan, Law-order

15:25, december 26, 2012

Tajik chief prosecutor’s office stops persecution of fighters engaged in Khorog clashes

Tajik chief prosecutor’s office has reportedly dropped criminal cases of fighters, engaged in clashes with government forces in Khorog in July this year, who voluntarily laid down their weapons from

14:27, december 25, 2012

Investigator from Khujand police department jailed for drug trafficking

KHUJAND, December 25, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An investigator from the Khujand police department has got a log jail term for drug trafficking.

16:29, december 24, 2012

Trial of murderer of president’s relative starts in Dushanbe

Three persons – Dilovarsho Qosimov and the Hakimov brothers -- are on trial over the murder of president's brother-in-law.

16:33, december 22, 2012

Former chief accountant for Tajprombank’s branch in Yovon stands trial for embezzlement

QURGHON TEPPA, December 22, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The anticorruption agency’s office in Khatlon province has completed investigation into the case of Naim Taghoyev, former chief accountant with

15:21, december 20, 2012

Senior investigator from Qubodiyon police station faces fraud charge

QURGHON TEPPA, December 20, Asia-Plus -- Qurbonkhol Ganjalov, a senior investigator with the police station in the Qubodiyon district, Khatlon province faces fraud charge.

09:57, december 20, 2012

Karamkhudoyev’s lawyer seeks to get copy of forensic examination findings

DUSHANBE, December 20, 2012, Asia-Plus – Ms. Zebo Qosimova, the defense lawyer of Sherik Karamkhudoyev, is seeking to get a copy of the forensic examination findings.

16:31, december 19, 2012

SDPT leader offers to set up commission to monitor torture in penal institutions

DUSHANBE, December 19, 2012, Asia-Plus – The Social-Democratic Party (SDPT) leader Rahmatillo Zoirov has offered to set up a special commission to monitor torture and ill-treatment in Tajik penal

10:04, december 19, 2012

Person found guilty of accident, in which BBC reporters was injured, gets 3 years

Besides, Nusratullo Sharipov has been deprived of driving license for three years.

14:46, december 17, 2012

31 persons convicted over Jourayev’s case must be acquitted, says lawyer

Ms. Fayzinisso Vohidova, the defense lawyer of Tajik tycoon Nizomkhon Jourayev, considers that prejudgment provided for by Tajikistan’s Penal Code contradicts the Constitution of Tajikistan.

14:13, december 16, 2012

Trial of ex-director of Zarya Vostoka starts in Khujand

KHUJAND, December 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The trial Abdurahim Rasoulov, ex-director-general of the Zarya Vostoka plant in the city of Istiqlol (formerly Taboshar), Sughd province has begun in

14:57, december 13, 2012

OSCE Office donates equipment for training financial control officers on fighting corruption

DUSHANBE, December 13, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan on December 8 handed over equipment and educational material for a training center to be set up to train officers of

16:27, december 11, 2012

Some 15 kilos of contraband jewelry confiscated at the Dushanbe airport

DUSHANBE, December 11, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Dushanbe police directorate have seized a large amount of contraband jewelry. According to the Interior Ministry’s website, Ms.

15:43, december 10, 2012

President relative’s murder case classified as 'top secret'

Investigation into the murder of president’s relative has been designated "top secret.

17:23, december 6, 2012

Member of local council in Russia’s Voronezh oblast stands trial for killing Tajik national

DUSHANBE, December 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An official site of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reports that Investigative Committee’s office in Voronezh oblast has

10:47, december 6, 2012

Russia extradites former bodyguard of Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 6, 2012 Asia-Plus -- Russia has reportedly extradited Ubaydullo Ghafourov, former bodyguard of Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, to Tajikistan.

10:17, december 6, 2012

Trial of shifty bank teller starts in Qurghon Teppa

QURHGON TEPPA, December 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The trail of Salim Boboyev, a bank teller with the branch of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) in Qurghon Teppa, Khatlon province began in

10:35, december 5, 2012

Russia launches probe into Qori Vosit’s abduction in Volgograd

DUSHANBE, December 5, 2012, Asia-Plus – Russian law enforcement authorities have launched a probe into the abduction of Tajik national Abdulvosit Latipov, also known as “Qori Vosit,” in Volgograd.

14:26, december 4, 2012

Resident of Istaravshan sentenced to life in prison for double murder

KHUJAND, December 4, 2012, Asia-Plus -- An Istaravshan man will spend the rest of his life in a prison for killing his wife and daughter-in-law.

10:50, december 4, 2012

A large amount of contraband cigarettes seized in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA)’s office in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) have reportedly seized a large amount of

15:18, december 3, 2012

Russia extradites one more alleged criminal to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Russian authorities have extradited to Tajikistan Gholibjon Sobirov, who is suspected of having been involved in drug trafficking in Tajikistan.

09:43, november 29, 2012

Policeman’s trial in detainee’s death resumes in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 29, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The trial has resumed in Dushanbe of an investigator from the police station in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour charged over the death of a detainee.

17:15, november 27, 2012

Trial of seven alleged Hizb ut-Tahrir activists starts in Khujand

KHUJAND, November 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The trial of seven alleged activists of the outlawed religious extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir group, including three women and one minor, began in pretrial

15:28, november 25, 2012

OSCE holds border and customs training on countering corruption

DUSHANBE, November 25, 2012, Asia-Plus – Ways to prevent, detect and investigate internal corruption cases were examined at a training seminar at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in

14:52, november 23, 2012

Police officer wanted by SCNS for large-scale fraud

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2012, -- The State Committee for National Security (SCNS) has put Senior Lieutenant Safarali Safarov, an inspector for juvenile affairs at the Ministry of Interior

09:41, november 22, 2012

Problem of corruption remains topical in Tajikistan, says Tajik chief prosecutor

DUSHANBE, November 22, 2012, Asia-Plus -- This year, the Prosecutor-General’s Office of Tajikistan has prevented more than 1,400 corruption-related crimes.

17:04, november 21, 2012

Nobody beat 12-year-old teen, says SCNS’s office in Dushanbe

The body was taken to the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in Dushanbe but nobody beat him, the SCNS press center said.

13:17, november 21, 2012

Russian servicemen possess the right of inviolability only on territory of the base

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The report recently released by some media sources that servicemen of the Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan and members of their families

10:18, november 21, 2012

Prisoner Rizoyev’s health conditions are satisfactory, say Penitentiary System authorities

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2012 Asia-Plus – The Penitentiary System at the Ministry of Justice has denied a statement by Mahmurod Rizoyev, farther of the prisoner transferred from a Dushanbe jail to a

09:35, november 21, 2012

Labor migration company chief sentenced for fraud in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The chief of a Dushanbe-based company involved in arranging Tajik labor migrants'' trips to Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, Radio

16:54, november 20, 2012

Man buries his brother alive in Sughd

KHUJAND, November 20, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Man has buried his brother alive in the northern Sughd province. This horrific incident took place in the city of Konibodom.