Deported Tajik from Germany sentenced to colony

The court of the city of Dushanbe sentenced Mirzom Aliyev, a native of the village of Yazgulom in the Vanch district, to 12 years in prison.

According to Radio Ozodi, citing its sources, the court proceedings in Aliyev’s case began in early August and were held behind closed doors, without the participation of a lawyer or journalists. The court found him guilty of extremism and membership in the group “Ansarullah.”

The young man himself or his relatives are unavailable for comments regarding these accusations. The authorities of Tajikistan have also not publicly commented on this case.

More than a year ago, when several natives of Yazgulom were detained in Tajikistan, Aliyev left Moscow for Belarus, then to Poland, and finally to Germany. He lived for some time in the German city of Dortmund.

On June 4 of this year, the German authorities deported him because he was wanted at the request of Tajikistan.

Earlier, in July of this year, the court of the Ismoili Somoni district of Dushanbe sentenced Obid Kuvatbekov, the nephew of a well-known religious figure in Yazgulom, Mavlavi Abdullo Bek, to five years in prison.

Also, in March 2025, 31 residents of the villages of Jamak, Andarbak, and Budun from the Yazgulom rural community were convicted on charges of “preparing for sabotage” and membership in “Ansarullah,” receiving sentences ranging from 2 to 23 years in prison.

In March of this year, law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan detained more than 20 residents of the “Darvoz” neighborhood in the Firdavsi district of Dushanbe, most of whom were relatives. Only one of them was later released.

On June 17, 2025, the Ismoili Somoni court sentenced five of them to prison terms ranging from 5 to 5.5 years, while another four were conditionally sentenced to 8 months in prison for failing to report to law enforcement. However, this group was already accused of belonging to the “Salafiya” movement.

The fate of the remaining detainees, as well as four natives of Yazgulom extradited to Tajikistan from Russia in April of this year, remains unknown.