DUSHANBE, October 15, 2010, Asia-Plus — There are no any grounds for review of the criminal case against former chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan Mahmadruzi Iskandarov.
The head of the Supreme Court Nusratullo Abdulloyev remarked this at a news conference in Dushanbe today, answering to the question about ruling of the European Court of Human Rights securing the claim of Mahmadruzi Iskandarov against Russian authorities.
According to him, Iskandarov was convicted in accordance with Tajikistan’s Penal Code and “laws of other countries do not apply to his case.”
We will recall that the European Court of Human Rights last month secured the claim of former chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) Mahmadruzi Iskandarov against Russian authorities.
According to Iskandarov’s lawyers, the lawsuit was filed over Russian law enforcement authorities’ support for detention of Iskandarov in Russia. Mahmadruzi Iskandarov claims that he was abducted by Tajik security forces in the Russian city of Korolyov on April 16, 2005 and illegally transferred to Tajikistan on April 22, 2005.
The European Court of Human Rights established that Russian law enforcement authorities violated rights of Tajik national, contributing to illegal extradition of him to Tajikistan. The court ordered Russian law enforcement authorities to pay 30,000 euros to Iskandarov for moral damage and 3,000 euros for legal costs.
Mahmadruzi Iskandarov was arrested in Dushanbe in April 2005 after he was transferred from Russia to Tajikistan under mysterious circumstances.
On October 5, 2005, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov to 23 years in prison. The sentence followed his conviction on charges of terrorism, the embezzlement of state funds, and the illegal storage of weapons. The court also imposed a 1.5 million-somoni ($470,000) fine and stripped Iskandarov of all previous state honors and awards, including revoking his rank of Major-General.
