KULOB, June 16, 2014, Asia-Plus — Three men have been sentenced to five days in jail and seven other people have been fined 270 somoni each in the southern city of Kulob in a case related to an attack against the chairman of the opposition Islamic Revival Party (IRP), Muhiddin Kabiri.
An official source at the Kulob city court says the court considered the case on June 12.
“In all, ten suspects were detained after Kabiri was pelted with eggs and tomatoes on a visit to Kulob on June 10. All of them were charged with disorderly conduct,” said the source. “Three of them, including two people participating in the attack against Muhiddin Kabiri and another one, who tried to prevent the attackers, were sentenced to five days in jail and seven other people, including one women, were fined 270 somoni each.”
We will recall that IRP leader Muhiddin Kabiri was pelted with tomatoes and eggs on a visit to the city of Kulob on June 10. Some 15 men and women pelted Muhiddin Kabiri tomatoes and eggs, accusing the party members of wakening the civil war in the 1900s and seeking to destabilize the country today.
Founded in October 1990, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan was registered on December 4, 1991. It was banned by the Supreme Court in June 1993 and legalized in August 1999. Its official newspaper is
Najot
(Salvation). The IRP now has more than 41,000 members. The Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan is the only Islamic party in post-Soviet Central Asia that is officially registered and represented in a parliament. It won two seats in the 2010 parliamentary elections. Current chairman of the IRP is Muhiddin Kabiri.
According to some sources, women now constitute more than 51 percent of the Islamic Revival Party members.
