A Tajik migrant was detained in Kazakhstan at the request of Tajikistan

A 31-year-old Tajik national was on an international wanted list.

According to the Sona.kz portal, citing its sources, on January 30, police in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan detained a citizen of Tajikistan who was on an international wanted list.

Law enforcement agencies in the region reported that the detention was carried out as part of operational search activities in the Almaty region. The suspect was apprehended in one of the dining establishments located along the Almaty – Bishkek highway.

Kazakhstan’s police did not disclose the name of the detainee. It was only noted that the detainee is a man born in 1994, a citizen of Tajikistan. According to the police, he was on an international wanted list for committing serious crimes under the criminal legislation of Tajikistan.

Currently, the man has been placed in a temporary detention facility of the police, and procedural activities are underway regarding the case.

The detainee or his lawyer are unavailable for comments, and their position is unknown. The specific charges against him have also not been clarified.

Earlier, a 55-year-old Tajik citizen was detained in Abkhazia at the request of Tajikistan, who had been on an international wanted list since 2021 for organizing the activities of the extremist organization “Salafiya.”

Local and foreign experts believe that the authorities of Tajikistan, under the pretext of fighting terrorism and extremism, accuse hundreds of dissenters and critics of government policy of membership in banned organizations, and in the case of their emigration, declare them on international wanted lists.