Mother of Shokhida Makhmadjonova was interrogated

Law enforcement officers deceitfully brought Idimoh Mahmadjonova, the mother of Shohida Mahmadjonova, from Vahdat to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dushanbe for questioning.

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Sherzod Mahmadjonov, a Tajik blogger living in Germany, told Azda TV that on the morning of February 9, police officers came to his grandmother Idimoh Mahmadjonova’s house and said they would take her to her daughter Shohida Mahmadjonova, but instead took her to the central building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dushanbe.

According to him, police officers interrogated Idimoh Mahmadjonova in the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for more than two and a half hours. Due to stress and anxiety, her blood pressure rose, she became nervous, lost her strength, and could not speak, and only then did they stop the interrogation.

Before the interrogation began, Idimoh Mahmadjonova realized that she had not been taken to her daughter, but to the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She asked the officers: “Why did you deceive me by saying you would take me to my daughter? Where is Shohida?”

Relatives of Idimoh Mahmadjonova reported that law enforcement agencies have not yet provided details about the whereabouts of Shohida Mahmadjonova, only stating that she is being held in custody at the Ministry of Internal Affairs department in the Firdavsi district.

The media first reported on Idimoh Mahmadjonova when her 43-year-old daughter Shohida Mahmadjonova disappeared after being summoned to the police station in Vahdat on February 3.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs commented on the disappearance of Shohida Mahmadjonova only six days after she went missing. At that time, the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that resident of Vahdat, Mahmadjonova Shohida Davlatjonovna, is suspected of extremism and has been detained. A criminal case has been initiated against her under Article 307, Supplement 3, Part 2 (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan.

Previously, Shohida Mahmadjonova worked at the central hospital of Vahdat for 18 years, but on January 3, 2020, under pressure from the authorities, she resigned, allegedly “of her own accord.”

Sherzod Mahmadjonov, a Tajik blogger living in Germany and known by the nickname “Abdurakhmon 09,” previously told Azda TV that on February 2, police officers in Vahdat summoned his mother Shohida Mahmadjonova to the station to retrieve her mobile phone, which was in the possession of the officers. When his mother arrived at the organized crime department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Vahdat on February 3, she was detained.