Chorshanbiyev transferred to pre-trial detention center in Dushanbe

Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev has been transferred from the Khujand colony to the pre-trial detention center in Dushanbe, to a so-called “closed” prison.

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Journalist Anora Sarkorova reported on her Telegram channel that the strict punishment regime for the athlete was changed to a harsher one. Previously, he had been placed in a disciplinary isolation cell, then in a punishment cell.

According to a source cited by the journalist, the administration of the correctional facility received instructions to deliberately provoke Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev in order to use a forceful scenario.

“The guards provoked the athlete, were rude to him, used force to elicit a response. The administration repeatedly raised complaints about the athlete’s behavior, how he responded, how he communicated, how he dressed. All of this was done intentionally to find a reason to refuse to place him with other inmates and to intensify the conditions of his detention,” the message states.

Sabza Tanibekova, Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev’s mother, told Radio Ozodi on October 12: “Two weeks ago, I went to the colony in Khujand and saw my son. When I asked him if he was being tortured or mistreated, he answered negatively. But he looked exhausted.”

Anora Sarkorova, citing her sources, reported that the administration of the Khujand colony received instructions from the center to create “intolerable conditions” for Pamiri political prisoners and to “break their will and strength.”

According to the source, inmates undergo a so-called trial test during which they are subjected to brutal beatings.

Often, relatives of the convicted are offered by Tajik authorities to pay to avoid undergoing this test. In the “closed” prison, avoiding beatings is offered for $1,500.

Earlier, the leader of the Pamiri youth, Amriddin Alovatshoey, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison in April, was transferred to the “closed” prison in Dushanbe from the prison in Vahdat.

Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev was deported from Russia on December 31, 2021, and arrested upon arrival in Dushanbe. In May of this year, a court sentenced him to 8.5 years in prison on charges of calling for the overthrow of the government via the Internet. He and his relatives denied these charges.