Law-order

admin - June 14, 2022

Two Uzbek women have been detained at the Bekabad border crossing point (BCP) on the Uzbek-Tajik border in Uzbekistan’s Tashkent region for an attempt...

Criminal proceedings instituted over attack on Radio Ozodi and Current Time journalists in Dushanbe

admin - June 9, 2022

Criminal proceedings have been instituted over attack on Radio Ozodi and Current Time (the Russian-language channel run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA) journalists...

Jailed rights activist gets additional six years in prison on fraud charges

admin - June 7, 2022

A noted Tajik rights defender, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2021 on fraud charges that he has rejected, has...

Another Tajik blogger’s mother convicted in Tajikistan

admin - June 3, 2022

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service says a court in Tajikistan's northeastern district of Lakhsh has sentenced the mother of noted blogger Junaidullo Khudoyorov to two...

Five Tajik nationals jailed in Germany on charges of being members of IS terror group cell

admin - June 2, 2022

A court in Germany has sentenced five Tajik nationals to lengthy prison terms after finding them guilty of being members of the Islamic State...

Young women from Temurmalik district detained for damaging ATMs in Dushanbe

admin - May 24, 2022

The Dushanbe Police Directorate has reported detention of a young women from Khatlon’s Temurmalik district for damaging the automated teller machines (ATMs) in Dushanbe’s...

MMA fighter from GBAO sentenced to 8 ½ years in prison

admin - May 16, 2022

A court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district sentenced the mixed-martial-arts (MMA) fighter from the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev, to 8 ½ years...

Relatives demand retrial for Amriddin Alovatshoyev

admin - May 10, 2022

The family of Amriddin Alovatshoyev, who is considered leader of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) youth in Russia, is demanding a retrial after...

Tajik activist extradited from Russia sentenced to 18 year in prison

admin - May 3, 2022

Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service, known locally as Radio Ozodi, reported on April 29 that Amriddin Alovatshoyev, who is considered leader of the Gorno Badakhshan...