DUSHANBE, March 15, 2016, Asia-Plus — Tajik lawyer, who is representing an opposition figure, has said his family is coming under pressure from the authorities because of his professional activities.
Lawyer Ishoq Tabarov told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on March 14 that his son, Daler Tabarov, had been charged with failure to report a crime, a charge his representatives have called politically motivated.
Tabarov”s other son, Firuz Tabarov, was recently sentenced to 13 1/2 years in jail for promoting anti-state propaganda.
Tabarov is a lawyer for opposition businessman Zayd Saidov, the leader of the unregistered New Tajikistan opposition party.
Saidov has been serving his 29-year prison term since 2013. He was found guilty of financial fraud, polygamy, and sexual relations with a minor.
Saidov and his supporters have denied the charges and said they are politically motivated.
Saidov”s other lawyer, Shuhrat Qudratov, was sentenced to nine years in prison on a bribe-taking charge in January 2015.
