Court sentences the mother and sister of Khudoeyorov family

After a year and a half, the Lakhsh District Court issued a verdict against two residents of the Rasht District, Mavjdigul Garibova and Madina Khudoyorova – the mother and sister of Junaydullo and Farhod Khudoyorov.

Judge Isroilzoda Isroil Ismoil reviewed the case based on a complaint from Sudoba Sikandara, a neighbor of the Khudoyorov family, alleging that the 86-year-old Mavjdigul Garibova and her daughter Khudoyorova Madina assaulted her, her mother, and her minor daughter.

“The defendants Garibova M. and Khudoyorova M.A. on April 10, 2022, at 11:00 AM, in front of the house of citizen Nazriyev Y.N. in the Rasht District, in the rural jamoat of B. Rakhimzoda, in the village of Yashm, due to a long-standing feud, without any reason attacked citizen Djuraeva Marifat Muborakshoevna, Sudoba Sikandara, and the minor Maryambibi Sikandar, using foul language towards them and engaged in a fight and quarrel,” the court’s decision states.

 According to the verdict of the Lakhsh District Court, issued on November 10, 2024, a copy of which was obtained by Azda TV two days ago, Mavjdigul Garibova was sentenced to three years of house arrest, while Khudoyorova Madina was fined 6,400 somoni (about 650 dollars).

The authorities have not yet officially commented on this case.

However, in December 2022, Radio Ozodi, citing its sources in the Rasht District Court, reported that on December 2, Sudoba Sikandara and her mother Marifati Mubaraksho, residents of the village of Yashm, were found guilty of “hooliganism” and fined 64,000 somoni (about 6,500 dollars) each, for a total of 128,000 somoni (about 13,000 dollars).

A source reported that the charges were based on a complaint from 66-year-old Mavjdigul Garibova. They both assaulted her on the street in April 2022 and took her mobile phone. The mother and daughter accused of hooliganism are unavailable for comment.

Farhod Khudoyorov, son of Mavjdigul Garibova, expressed dissatisfaction with the court’s verdict in an interview with Azda TV, stating that it was ordered and unfair. He also emphasized that at least three witnesses testified in court in favor of his mother and sister.

Khudoyorov stated that since the relatives received a copy of the verdict very late, they could not appeal it to a higher court.

This is not the first time this family’s name has appeared in the media. Previously, on June 1, 2022, the Lakhsh District Court sentenced Mavjdigul Garibova, a resident of the Rasht District, mother of Junaydullo and Farhod Khudoyorov, to two years of house arrest.

The Lakhsh District Court found her guilty based on a statement from one of her fellow villagers, Alisher Nasriddin, that the 66-year-old woman allegedly assaulted him, as well as under part 3 of Article 237 of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan.

Additionally, her other son Junaydullo Khudoyorov is currently in custody in Russia. He was detained at the request of Tajik authorities and faces extradition to Tajikistan.

Also, her other son Junaydullo Khudoyorov is currently in custody in Russia. He was detained at the request of Tajik authorities and faces extradition to Tajikistan.

Farhod Khudoyorov, the brother of Junaydullo Khudoyorov, also noted in a conversation with Azda TV that the initiators of the criminal case against his brother in Tajikistan were the prosecutor of the Rasht district, Kishvarzoda Abdurashid, and the chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon of the Majlisi Oli (lower house of parliament) of Tajikistan, Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda. According to him, one of those involved in the murder of Aliriza, Alisheri Nasriddin, who is at large, filed a complaint with the police against Junaydullo Khudoyorov.

Farhod Khudoyorov also reported that the family members of the Azimovs, who are relatives of Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda, the chairman of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (lower house of parliament) of Tajikistan, have repeatedly subjected their family to persecution and violence.

According to him, in 2021, it was they who killed his nephew, the son of his brother — 20-year-old Aliriza Khudoyorov.

In 2018, Junaydullo Khudoyorov was sentenced to five years in prison. He was found guilty of membership in the banned movement “Salafism” in Tajikistan. In 2019, he was released under an amnesty law. At that time, he stated that he was wrongfully convicted and that the case was ordered.