Tajik man held a knife to his throat to prevent deportation from Germany

Tajik asylum seeker in Germany may be deported to his homeland.

According to German media, a 39-year-old citizen of Tajikistan was sentenced to five years in prison for participating in the activities of the terrorist organization ISIS. The Higher Administrative Court ruled not to deport him to his homeland after his release. However, the Administrative Court of Münster disagreed, deciding that there are no obstacles to his deportation.

The Administrative Court of Münster expressed the belief that the 39-year-old man is unlikely to face torture in his homeland, but will receive humane treatment in accordance with the standards of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Embassy of Tajikistan assured Germany of this through the Federal Foreign Office.

Earlier, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees also deemed that the citizen of Tajikistan should be deported to Tajikistan. However, the Tajik citizen appealed this decision in court. Now the man’s appeal to lift the deportation ban has been rejected.

According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Tajikistan’s assurances are reliable.

The Federal Office lifted the deportation ban in October 2024 after the country of origin assured that the plaintiff would not be threatened with torture or other forms of cruel treatment or punishment.

In February 2025, the citizen of Tajikistan held a utility knife to his throat in a police station in Warendorf. At that time, he avoided detention and subsequent deportation. Shortly after, the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia ruled in an expedited manner that the man could not be deported under immigration law.

According to German media, the man joined ISIS in 2015 and went to Syria and Iraq. On these charges, in 2017, the Higher Court of Düsseldorf sentenced him to 5 years in prison. In 2018, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees issued a deportation ban due to the threat of torture. In 2024, the office lifted this decision. After that, the Tajik citizen filed an appeal in the administrative court.

It is reported that he lived with his family in the Warendorf district in the Münsterland region of western Germany. He has repeatedly been denied asylum in Germany, according to the report. His name is not disclosed. He or his lawyer or relatives are unavailable for comment.

Previously, German authorities deported to Tajikistan Abdullo Shamsiddin, the son of a high-ranking member of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) Shamsiddin Saidov, member of “Group 24” Bilol Kurbonaliyev, and political activist and member of the Movement for Reforms and Development of Tajikistan Dilmurod Ergashov. Subsequently, Abdullo was sentenced to 7 years in prison, Bilol to 10 years, and Dilmurod to 8 years in prison.