Yazgulam residents who went missing at Kulob airport have been found in the Khorog detention center

Five residents of the Yazgulom jamoat in the Vanj district of GBAO, extradited from Moscow to Tajikistan on June 19, are being held in the Khorog detention center. The law enforcement agencies of GBAO have informed the relatives of the detainees about this.

“The mothers of two detainees – Abdulvosit and Sadriddin Mahbubshoev – were told that she could see them on Monday, July 1. We are waiting to hear what news she brings back from there,” one of the detainees’ relatives told Radio Ozodi on July 1.

What charges have been brought against the five residents of Yazgulom is still unknown, and there is no official information about their detention and extradition. In mid-June, Moscow police detained them at the Tajik cafeteria “Lazzat” near the Shchyolkovskaya metro station, and on June 19 they were extradited to Tajikistan on the Moscow-Kulyab flight. Most likely, the security forces took them directly from the plane upon arrival, as the relatives of these young men did not find them among the arriving passengers of that flight.

In the past month, according to information available to Radio Ozodi, about 15 residents of Vanj have been extradited from Russia to Tajikistan. They were detained for interacting with a group of residents from Vanj who are accused of “extremism.”

It should be noted that an operation to detain more than 30 residents of Yazgulom was carried out in the second half of May by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan. The law enforcement agency has not made any official statements regarding this matter. According to informed sources, most of the detainees are residents of the kishlaks of Jamak and Andarbag in the Yazgulom jamoat and are related to each other. One source familiar with the case materials told Radio Ozodi that 25 detainees are accused of membership in the banned organization “Ansorulloh” and “were preparing to carry out a terrorist act in Tajikistan.”