The draft plan in Tajikistan has been fully completed

On May 22, all cities, districts, and regions of Tajikistan reported 100% fulfillment of the spring conscription plan for the Armed Forces of Tajikistan.

According to the press center of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan, the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, as usual, fulfilled the plan 100% on the very first day. Then, from April 1 to May 22, the districts of Dushanbe, Khatlon Region, districts under republican subordination, and Sughd Region reported fulfillment of the plan.

The authorities claim that the reason for such a quick and successful fulfillment of the conscription plan is primarily the result of “efforts and explanatory work conducted,” as well as “the sense of responsibility of public servants, including military enlistment office leaders.”

However, facts and eyewitness accounts of the conscription process show that military enlistment office staff are detaining young people of conscription age on the streets and in public places, as well as at their places of residence, during a campaign known among the people as “oblava,” and forcibly sending them to the army.

Since the start of the spring conscription campaign in Tajikistan, residents and the press have repeatedly reported cases of “oblavas.” In particular, the media reported that in Vahdat on April 12, a 24-year-old resident of the city, Makhmadkarim Emomali, attempted to escape down a rope from the fifth floor but fell and tragically died. Eyewitnesses of the incident and relatives of the deceased suggested that he wanted to avoid the “oblava.”

At the same time, the authorities of Tajikistan have devised even more sophisticated methods of “oblava.” In particular, public servants and military enlistment office staff are forcing the heads of mahallas and mosque imams to bring young people of conscription age and send them to serve in the army; otherwise, the authorities threaten to close the mosques.

There are also reports that public servants are going to mosques and forcing congregants to call their children from Russia and send them to serve in the army; otherwise, parents are threatened with fines and even imprisonment.

Reports also indicate that in some settlements and villages of Tajikistan, authorities are cutting off electricity to the population because the conscription plan is not being fulfilled.

Earlier, a source from Azda TV in the Vakhsh district reported that they had their electricity cut off.

“We have had our electricity cut off several times for several days without any visible reason. When we approached the authorities, officials said that if conscripts from all villages are not sent to the army, the electricity supply will not be restored,” he said.

Such unlawful actions and the cruel treatment of military enlistment office staff towards young people of conscription age have long provoked a wave of negative reactions from society. However, the authorities of the country have not yet taken any measures to rectify the situation.