New flashmob in Tajik social networks

A group of opposition members abroad has launched a flash mob in support of Abdullohi Shamsiddin.

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A group of opposition representatives and dissenters living in European countries has launched a flash mob with the hashtag #Where_is_Abdullohi_Shamiddin? on social media, where they are posting photos of Abdullohi Shamsiddin with a call to free him and report on his whereabouts. The flash mob aims to draw the attention of the residents and authorities of Tajikistan to the case of political activist Abdullohi Shamsiddin, the son of one of the leaders of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan.

Earlier, relatives of Abdullohi Shamsiddin told Azda TV that on January 18, 2023, he was deported from Germany and detained by Tajik law enforcement agencies directly on the plane at Dushanbe International Airport, from where he was taken to an unknown location.

Recently, journalists asked the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Attorney General of Tajikistan at a press conference where Abdullohi Shamsiddin is, but they stated that they had no information about this.

This is not the first time that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Attorney General’s Office of Tajikistan have failed to provide information to the press and the public about the detention and whereabouts of political activists and opposition representatives.

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Previously, when the late Karamat Sharifov, Sharofiddin Gadoev, Izzat Amon, and later dozens of others, including Badakhshan activists, were detained and deported back home, the authorities never provided timely information about their detention or whereabouts.

Additionally, when leaders of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan were detained in September 2015, the authorities attempted to conceal any information from the public and the press while preparing a criminal case against them.

For this reason, no one among the opposition, even many pro-government figures, believes when the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Attorney General, and other relevant authorities claim that they have no information about the whereabouts of this political activist, who officially entered Tajikistan more than 40 days ago.

At the same time, some relatives and close ones of Abdullohi Shamsiddin, who have been trying to obtain reliable information about his whereabouts for more than 40 days, believe that the political activist is likely in the temporary detention facility of the State National Security Committee in Dushanbe. For this reason, no officials dare to speak about this, as everyone fears Saymumin Yatimov.