Who is telling the truth – the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the General Prosecutor’s Office?

Today, February 2, the authorities of Tajikistan officially confirmed that the leader of the Pamir youth, Amriddin Alovatshoev, is in Dushanbe. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs says one thing about his detention, while the General Prosecutor’s Office says another.

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After the disappearance of Alovatshoev Amriddin from Moscow in early January, his relatives claimed that he was extradited to Tajikistan, but the authorities constantly denied this or stated that they had no information about it.

On Wednesday, the General Prosecutor of Tajikistan, Yusuf Rahmon, stated at a press conference that Alovatshoev had been wanted since 2018, and he was detained and extradited at the request of the Tajik side. However, he did not specify under which article of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan a criminal case was initiated against him.

However, the Minister of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, Ramazon Rahimzoda, today at a press conference told journalists that Alovatshoev “voluntarily returned to Tajikistan, where he was arrested.” According to him, a criminal case was initiated against him for organizing protests in Khorog.

The General Prosecutor of Tajikistan, Yusuf Rahmon, stated that Alovatshoev was wanted and was detained and extradited at the request of Tajikistan, but Minister of Internal Affairs Rahimzoda rejected his words, stating that he was not extradited, but returned to Tajikistan himself and was subsequently detained. It is unknown who is telling the truth and who is not.

The detention and extradition of residents of GBAO from Russia to Dushanbe began after they held a protest in front of the Tajik embassy in Moscow at the end of November. The protesters demanded a fair investigation into the murder of Gulbidin Ziebekov. To date, at least three to four prominent residents of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region have been detained and extradited to Tajikistan, including Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev and Amriddin Alovatshoev.