Authorities confiscated the ancestral home of the Boboeyevs

In the Vose district, authorities have nationalized the ancestral home of Abdusattor Boboev, head of the Civil Committee for the Protection of Political Hostages and Prisoners in Tajikistan and a member of the Supreme Presidium of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan.

This was reported by Sayidishok Boboev, a political activist and brother of Abdusattor Boboev, on his Facebook page.

“The authorities of the Vose district, taking advantage of our situation and political problems, forcibly confiscated our household plot, which was inherited from our father and grandfather, registered our land in the name of another person, and sold it,” the activist writes.

The ancestral home of the Boboevs is located in the village of Khojakainar in the Kaduchi community of the Vose district. Before her death, the family’s mother left this house as an inheritance to her children Abdusattor Boboev, Abdushukur Boboev, and Mokhira Boboeva.

According to Sayidishok Boboev, after the activities of the IRPT were banned in Tajikistan in 2015, the Boboev brothers left the country, and their father’s house was occupied by their cousin. However, recently the authorities informed him that he must vacate the house, as it is being transferred to another person, who will soon move in and begin construction of a new house.

The authorities have not yet commented on this report.

Sayidishok Boboev believes that the authorities are retaliating against him and his brother Abdusattor Boboev for their political activities, especially for his brother’s work in the Committee for the Protection of Political Hostages and Prisoners in Tajikistan – an organization focused on protecting political prisoners in exile.

Abdusattor Boboev also reacted to this report. The head of the Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners called on the authorities of the Vose district not to deprive the family of their ancestral home – the only remaining inheritance from their parents. He also urged international human rights organizations to protect their property rights.

Recently, the authorities have intensified pressure on opposition activists and especially their relatives.

Earlier, the authorities of the Zafarabad district also confiscated the land plot of Tajik opposition figure Salim Sultanzo, on which his brother built a house. The spokesperson for the National Alliance of Tajikistan, Salim Sultanzo, reported in May that the head of the Zafarabad district of the Sughd region, Ismoilzoda Zufarkhon, decided to evict his brother Isoboev Khalimjon, his wife, and two children from the house where they live.

Against the backdrop of repression by the authorities of Tajikistan, the Civil Committee for the Protection of Hostages and Political Prisoners of Tajikistan intends to send a letter to the leadership of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union, complaining about human rights violations, including numerous cases of pressure and torture against relatives of the political opposition, including the confiscation of personal property, disconnection of electricity and water in homes, pressure on close relatives, especially elderly people and minor children, confiscation of vehicles, residential houses, land plots, and other property, which are widely practiced by law enforcement and executive authorities.