DUSHANBE, June 13, 2014, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on June 13 that two men have been sentenced to five days in jail in Tajikistan”s southern city of Kulob in a case related to an attack against the chairman of the opposition Islamic Revival Party (IRP), Muhiddin Kabiri.
Kulob police officials told RFE/RL that one of the two men sentenced on June 12 is an IRP member. There was no confirmation of that by the IRP.
In all, seven suspects were detained after Kabiri was pelted with eggs and tomatoes on a visit to Kulob on June 10.
The IRP is the only Islamic party in post-Soviet Central Asia that is officially registered and represented in a parliament.
