72-year-old Mamadsulton Mavlonazarov, known on social media as Mukhamadi Sultan, was detained by law enforcement officers on June 16. The reasons for the detention are currently unknown. Photo: Internet His relatives told Radio Ozodi that on Thursday morning, Mavlonazarov was detained by 9 individuals in police uniforms and taken away in an unknown direction. The […]
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72-year-old Mamadsulton Mavlonazarov, known on social media as Mukhamadi Sultan, was detained by law enforcement officers on June 16. The reasons for the detention are currently unknown.
Photo: Internet
His relatives told Radio Ozodi that on Thursday morning, Mavlonazarov was detained by 9 individuals in police uniforms and taken away in an unknown direction. The elderly man was not even allowed to put on shoes and was taken away barefoot.
According to his relatives, they have contacted the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the prosecutor’s office, and the GKNB office in the Sino district of Dushanbe, but they have been unable to obtain information about his whereabouts.
Mukhamadi Sultan recently posted several photos on his Facebook page and reported that in April, police officers attempted to forcibly take him to the police station for questioning directly from his home in the 101st district of Dushanbe.
72-year-old Mamadsulton Mavlonazarov is a native of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.
It is reported that in the 1970s, Mavlonazarov worked as a correspondent for the youth newspaper “Komsomoli Tojikiston.”
He also worked in the State Security Committee and holds the rank of colonel.
He is currently retired and regularly criticizes the actions of the authorities on social media, including in Badakhshan.
In one of his recent posts after a search of his apartment, Mavlonazarov wrote: “The employees of academician S. Yatimov, trampling on all norms of human rights, ‘heroically’ continue open and extrajudicial persecution, reminiscent of the terrible year of ’37 and Beria.”
It remains unclear whether the elderly chekist was detained for criticizing the head of the GKNB, Saymumin Yatimov, or for his publications about events in Badakhshan.
Experts believe that Tajik authorities have begun a hunt for natives of Badakhshan. Anyone who criticizes the government or has influence among the people is detained, imprisoned, or killed for any reason. Recent events in Badakhshan confirm this statement.
Photo: Internet