Teenage girls were beaten in broad daylight in the center of Dushanbe

At noon on December 19, several young people attacked two underage girls in the center of Dushanbe and beat them. This was reported by journalist Shahnoz Komilzoda.

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Journalist and activist Shahnoz Komilzoda posted photos of the young men on her Facebook page last night, reporting that at 3:00 PM in the center of the capital, a group of three young men attacked her daughter Mumtoz and her friend and beat them.

“They started touching my daughter. My daughter tried to push this animal’s hands away from her body, she tried to get her phone back, at that moment two of his friends joined him and began to insult the girls. My daughter’s friend also tried to take her phone and her bag, however, they attacked her, knocked her to the ground, and began to kick her in the face, head, and other parts of her body,” Shahnoz writes.

According to Shahnoz Komilzoda, “the girls are in a depressed mental state. They have suffered severe psychological and physical trauma.”

The incident occurred in broad daylight in the very center of Dushanbe, despite Tajik government officials and pro-government activists constantly asserting the peace, stability, and safety of society. The mother of 15-year-old Mumtoz, who was beaten and mistreated along with her friend, sarcastically writes that Dushanbe is an unsafe place for girls. “We still complain about the Taliban!” she writes.

Former employee of the Center for Strategic Research under the President of Tajikistan Mahdi Sobir reacted to Shahnoz’s words: “Touching the bodies of our mothers and sisters on the streets of Dushanbe has become a common occurrence. Such unwanted actions can be observed at every turn.”

Well-known human rights activist and former presidential candidate Oynihol Bobonazarova stated: “Of course, there are many reasons for such crimes, and these hooligans will definitely be punished. However, this does not mean that the problem will be solved. Last week, sycophants organized a campaign called the best minister, best general, best chairman, best representative of the intelligentsia, etc. If they were the best officials, if they performed their duties diligently, such terrible acts would not take place.”

Today, the Asia-Plus agency reported that the Dushanbe police detained men suspected of beating two 15-year-old girls. However, details of the case are not yet known.