Political prisoners in Tajikistan are subjected to group torture

The administration of the new prison in Vahdat has punished political prisoners ahead of a meeting with representatives of the Main Department for the Execution of Sentences, the General Prosecutor’s Office, and the Human Rights Commissioner in Tajikistan.

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On October 15, sources from AZDA TV in the Main Department for the Execution of Sentences of the Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan reported that after the publication of messages about

Jamshed Yorov adds: “It is hard to believe that someone would write a complaint about torture, but later tell the ombudsman that all their words are lies…”

Earlier, the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) and the Committee for the Protection of Political Hostages and Prisoners in Tajikistan published separate statements condemning the torture of journalists Hikmatullo Saifullozoda, Rahmatullo Rajab, and Abdukahhor Davlat, stating that “their lives are in danger” and calling on the authorities to investigate these incidents and punish those responsible.

In the correctional colony YS 3/1 of the Main Department for the Execution of Sentences of the Ministry of Justice, a number of political prisoners are held, including human rights defenders Buzurgmehr Yorov and Nuriddin Makhkamov, lawyer and deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan Makhmurod Odinaev, convicted members of the IRPT journalists Zubaidullo Rozik, Hikmatullo Saifullozoda, Abdukahhor Davlat (Abdukahhor Davlatov), Mavlavi Muhammadali Faizmuhammad, and others.