DUSHANBE, April 18, 2013, Asia-Plus — The Dushanbe city court has upheld the ruling handed down by a court in Dushanbe’s Sino district against the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri, who is also member of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament.
We will recall that the Sino district court considered a lawsuit filed by the Dushanbe mayor’s office against MP Muhiddin Kabiri on January 29 and ruled Muhiddin Kabiri must apologize to the mayor’s office. Besides, the court has thrown out a counterclaim by Muhiddin Kabiri against the Dushanbe mayor’s office for 20 million somoni in damages.
Buzurgmehr Yorov, a lawyer representing Muhiddin Kabiri, denounced the ruling and vowed to appeal to the board of the Dushanbe city court.
As it had been reported earlier, speaking at an October 10 sitting of the Majlisi Namoyandagon, MP Kabiri raised the issue of cutting down trees in the capital city. Kabiri noted that practically nobody paid attention to the problem of cutting down trees in Dushanbe that is affecting the ecosystem in the city. “Reinforced concrete buildings are being constructed in places of alleys and public gardens in Dushanbe,” the parliamentarian noted.
The Dushanbe mayor’s did not agree with criticism of the parliamentarian and demanded public apology.
For his part, Muhiddin Kabiri filed a lawsuit against the Dushanbe mayor’s office asking for 20 million somoni in damages.
