The political prisoner and former member of the Supreme Presidium of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan has been discharged from the hospital of the Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sentences (GUIUN). On September 11 of this year, he was transferred back to his cell in the colony in the city of Vahdat. […]
The political prisoner and former member of the Supreme Presidium of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan has been discharged from the hospital of the Main Directorate for the Execution of Criminal Sentences (GUIUN).
On September 11 of this year, he was transferred back to his cell in the colony in the city of Vahdat.
It was previously reported that at the beginning of September this year, he experienced heart problems and was hospitalized in the prison hospital.
At the same time, the Minister of Justice of Tajikistan, Muzaffar Ashuriyon, stated at a press conference that Zubaidullo Rozik was fine and not ill.
His relative, Khisomidini Zubaidullo, the son of 82-year-old Zubaidullo Rozik, denied the minister’s statement in an interview with Radio Ozodi. He noted that “on the same day the minister made this statement, my father asked my brother to bring him medication.”
His relatives also confirmed that Zubaidullo Rozik had heart failure even before his detention in 2015, and he had undergone treatment once.
Following the publication of the news about the hospitalization of political prisoner Zubaidullo Rozik in the prison hospital, his son Khisomidini Zubaidullo told Azda TV that he intends to write a letter to the authorities, particularly to the President of Tajikistan, requesting the early release of his father, considering his advanced age and heart problems.
Zubaidullo Rozik, along with other high-ranking members of the IRPT, including Rahmatulloh Rajab, Hikmatulloh Saifullozoda, and Muhammadali Faizmuhammad, addressed President Rahmon with an open letter in 2021, calling for “a review of their cases in the presence of international experts and observers, as well as domestic and foreign journalists.” However, in response, the convicted individuals in Vahdat prison faced punishment after the publication of the open letter to President Emomali Rahmon and were placed in a punishment isolation cell (SHIZO).
Zubaidullo Rozik and 12 members of the Supreme Presidium of the IRPT were detained in September 2015. Later, on fabricated charges, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
It is worth noting that on July 26, 2024, in the Vahdat colony, 65-year-old Muhammadali Faizmuhammad, a comrade of Zubaidullo Rozik and a political prisoner and member of the Supreme Presidium of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, passed away. It was reported that this 65-year-old political prisoner was held in unbearable conditions in Vahdat colony, suffered from diabetes and hypertension, and had heart problems. It has been repeatedly reported that he was tortured in prison, and there was also information about his hospitalization in the prison hospital.
International organizations, including the UN, have repeatedly called on the authorities of Tajikistan to immediately and unconditionally release all convicted activists of the IRPT, but the authorities have ignored these demands.