Category Archives: Crime
Tajik Authorities Combat High-Level Corruption and Narcotics Trafficking
Authorities in Tajikistan have recently announced a number of high-profile arrests on corruption and narcotics-trafficking charges. Most arrests were triggered by President Emomali Rahmon’s harsh criticism of the “corrupt” and “nepotistic” practices in the country’s military and law-enforcement sectors. During … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Drugs, Justice, Nepotism, Police corruption, Tajikistan
Tajik Security Agencies Face Allegations of Detainee Abuse and Extrajudicial Killings
A number of events in 2011 reinforce allegations of systemic abuse and torture and even the occurrence of possible extrajudicial killings in detention by law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan. On October 20, police in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, took a … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Detainee abuse, Human Rights, Police corruption, Tajikistan
Arson Attack Targets Prominent Tajik Cleric’s Cotton Plant
Arson is believed to be the cause of a fire on October 24 that damaged a cotton-processing plant belonging to Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a prominent Tajik religious and political figure, in the town of Vahdat, some 30 kilometers east of … Continue reading
Filed under Authoritarianism, Crime, Politics, Tajikistan
Tajik Newspaper Editor Badly Beaten in Dushanbe
The editor of independent Tajik weekly Farazh, Khurshed Atovullo (aka Khurshed Niyozov), was badly beaten in Dushanbe on August 31. According to Atovullo, he was driving to a friend’s home in the Tajik capital along with his brother and brother-in-law … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Media, Tajikistan
Video Raises Questions about a Tajik Fighter’s Death
Less than two months after reporting that militant commander Alovuddin Davlatov (more commonly known as Ali Bedaki or Bedak) was killed in battle, Tajik security agencies are confronted with a video that allegedly undermines the official account of the rebel’s … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Insurgency, Security, Tajikistan
