The wife of political prisoner Rahmatullo Rajab, Valamat Ibokhimzoda, has appealed to President Emomali Rahmon demanding the release of her husband from the “punishment cell.” In her appeal, Ibokhimzoda stated: “If appealing to the president is also a serious crime, then imprison me for it too, next to my husband.”
Photo: InternetA video of Ibokhimzoda’s appeal
It should be noted that former members of the Supreme Presidium of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, Zubaidullo Rozik and Rahmatullo Rajab, sentenced in Vahdat prison, faced punishment after the publication of an open letter to President Emomali Rahmon, and were placed in a punishment isolation cell. Earlier, two political prisoners, members of the Supreme Presidium of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, Rahmatullo Rajab and Zubaidullo Rozik, appealed to President Rahmon with an open letter. Azda TV published the open letter of the political prisoners on November 5. In the letter, they called for a review of their cases in the presence of international experts and observers, as well as domestic and foreign journalists.
