Kabiri responded to the latest accusations from the authorities

The leader of the National Alliance of Tajikistan stated that he had no contacts with Abdusat tor Pirmukhammadzoda.

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On October 21, 2022, the leader of the National Alliance of Tajikistan, Mukiddin Kabiri, responded to accusations from the authorities of “preparing a revolution” together with journalist Abdusat tor Pirmukhammadzoda.

“I am aware of this, and I read this message with great regret. This is yet another slander from the Tajik law enforcement agencies,” Kabiri said in an interview with Azda TV.

The leader of the National Alliance of Tajikistan stated that Tajik law enforcement agencies force people to confess to crimes they did not commit under torture. “Contact with one person in the whole world has never been a crime, is not a crime, and cannot be a crime.”

“Even if this issue is considered a crime under the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan, I had no contacts with Abdusat tor Pirmukhammadzoda, neither voice nor written, nor even through other people; there was no need for that,” emphasized the leader of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan.

According to Mukiddin Kabiri, it makes no sense for a person who is in the country to behave so cautiously, having openly taken a position several times that differs from the opposition, and moreover, he and other bloggers demanded that the opposition not use their materials under any circumstances.

In response to these accusations and the publication of a letter from Pirmukhammadzoda from the pre-trial detention center, the leader of the National Alliance of Tajikistan stated that all this indicates that the government has gone to extremes in torturing and mistreating prisoners and detainees. Moreover, for example, the authorities believe that liking a poem by Abdullohi Rahnamo is also considered a crime; this is one of the accusations from the authorities.

“If liking a poem by Abdullohi Rahnamo is considered a crime, then why has this poem not been recognized as extremist and terrorist material? Why has the person who wrote the poem not been held accountable? Of course, this does not mean that they should say again that we call for holding Abdullohi Rahnamo or any other poet or journalist accountable for whose materials someone liked. No! It means that the actions of the authorities do not make sense,” Kabiri stated.

“The text of the poem was published, its publication did not create problems, the person who wrote the poem is a member of the government propaganda apparatus, but if someone likes it, especially if this is a person whom the government has targeted, and this is considered a crime, in reality, this is very wrong logic, criminal logic. I categorically deny it; I had no contacts with Abdusat tor Pirmukhammadzoda!” the leader of the National Alliance of Tajikistan declared.

On October 21, Radio Ozodi published a letter from journalist Abdusat tor Pirmukhammadzoda, which he wrote in the pre-trial detention center. The journalist writes that from the first day of his detention, he was subjected to brutal torture and psychological pressure, and police officers and investigators tried to force him to give false confessions to fabricated charges.

“Under physical pressure, I read on camera a text prepared by the employees of the Anti-Organized Crime Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan about an alleged constant contact with opposition leader Mukiddin Kabiri and preparing a revolution together with him in Tajikistan,” Abdusat tor Pirmukhammadzoda writes.