DUSHANBE, December 26, Asia-Plus – Yoraziz Ghulomaliyev, formerly chief prosecutor of the city of Kulob in Khatlon province, has been appointed chief prosecutor of the city of Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), replacing Mahmadali Duloyev, an official source at the Prosecutor-General’s Office told Asia-Plus today.
Before the appointment as the chief prosecutor of Kulob, Yoraziz Ghulomaliyev had served as the first deputy GBAO prosecutor.
We will recall that after the deadly clashes that occurred in Khorog last May chiefs of the Interior Ministry’s office in GBAO and the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in GBAO were replaced.
Thus, Abdulvahhob Iskandarov, formerly chief of the Interior Ministry’s office in Kulob, was appointed to head the Interior Ministry’s office in Gorno Badakhshan, replacing Fayzullo Nozimov.
Fayzullo Nozimov, who had been GBAO police chief since 2012, went on leave last May and he has not appeared in the region since that.
We will recall that residents of Gorno Badakhshan in March this year complained of Fayzullo Nozimov’s using force against seven residents of the Rushan district. One of them was hospitalized with a number of serious injuries.
After the deadly clashes that occurred in Khorog on May 21, protesters demanded the resignation of local police chief Fayzullo Nozimov.
Clashes in Khorog on May 21 left at least three people, including a police officer, dead and at least seven people, including three police officers, injured. The fatalities occurred during a police offensive against suspected criminals and ensuing clashes between security forces and local residents upset with the police action.
