A resident of GBAO has gone missing in Dushanbe

The last time he called his relatives was while going through airport customs control.

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In Dushanbe, under unclear circumstances, Tutie Amirshoev, a 31-year-old resident of the Ridzhist village in the Roshtkala district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan, has disappeared.

This was reported by the well-known Tajik journalist Anora Sarkorova on her Facebook page. The authorities have not yet commented on the incident.

It is reported that Tutie Amirshoev is the cousin of Tutisho Amirshoev, who was killed by Tajik security forces in November last year during the shooting of a peaceful protest in the city of Khorog.

“On March 5, 2022, Tutie Amirshoev intended to fly from Dushanbe to Moscow. The last time the man contacted his relatives was while going through customs control. He only managed to say over the phone that he was detained for additional checks. And then he disappeared. Further attempts to contact him were unsuccessful. The man’s mobile phone was turned off,” the message states.

According to unofficial data, Tutie Amirshoev was detained by the officers of the State National Security Committee of Tajikistan and is currently in the pre-trial detention center of the security committee. It is also reported that there is an unofficial directive from the State National Security Committee of Tajikistan to detain natives of Khorog and the Roshtkala district.

On November 25, law enforcement officers killed Gulbiddin Ziyobekov in the village of Tavdem in the Roshtkala district, and his body showed signs of 7 bullet wounds. The brutal murder of Gulbiddin Ziyobekov provoked a wave of protests in Khorog, and later in Dushanbe, Moscow, London, New York, and many other major cities around the world.

In response, law enforcement agencies opened fire on the protesters. As a result of this shooting, a resident of the Roshtkala district, 21-year-old Tutisho Amirshoev, was killed.