DUSHANBE, March 9, 2016, Asia-Plus –
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service
reports that head of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP)’s organization in Isfara and two activists of IRP in Isfara have got long jail terms.
A court in the northern city of Isfara recently sentenced the 72-year-old Abdusattor Boboyev, the head of the IRP’s organization in Isfara, as well as the IRP activists in Isfara Bobohido Haidarov and Anorboy Safarov to prison terms between six and eleven years, according to RFE/RL’s Tajik Service. The sentenced followed their conviction on charges of public calls for an extremist activity and organization of an extremist group.
Abdusattor Boboyev was sentenced to eleven years in prison and Bobohido Haidarov and Anorboy Safarov got jail terms of six and seven years respectively.
The court representatives say the case of the IRP activists has been classified as “secret”, and therefore, they cannot give any details of the case.
Tajikistan’s Supreme Court banned the Islamic Revival Party as terrorist group on September 29, 2015 on the basis of a suit filed by the Prosecutor-General’s Office. The Supreme Court ruled that the IRP should be included on a blacklist of extremist and terrorist organizations. The verdict forces the closure of the IRP”s official newspaper
Najot
(Salvation) and bans the distribution of any video, audio, or printed materials related to the party”s activities.
