Pirmukhammadzoda wrote a letter from the pre-trial detention center

Journalist and blogger Abdusatyor Pirmukhammadzooda reported in his letter from the pre-trial detention center that he gave a confession under torture and psychological pressure.

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On October 21, Radio Ozodi published a letter from journalist Abdusatyor Pirmukhammadzooda, which he wrote in the pre-trial detention center.

According to a source, the detained journalist writes that from the first day of his detention, he was subjected to brutal torture and psychological pressure, with police officers and investigators trying to force him to confess to fabricated charges.

“Eight to ten days of torture, complete isolation, threats and insults directed at my family forced me to take on a crime I did not commit. Under physical pressure, I read on camera a text prepared by the officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan’s Anti-Organized Crime Department about an alleged constant contact with opposition leader Mukiddin Kabiri and preparing a revolution in Tajikistan together with him,” Abdusatyor Pirmukhammadzooda writes.

At the same time, on October 21, the leader of the National Alliance of Tajikistan, Mukiddin Kabiri, responded to the authorities’ accusations of “preparing a revolution” together with journalist Abdusatyor Pirmukhammadzooda.

“I am aware of this, and I read this message with great regret. This is yet another slander by Tajik law enforcement agencies,” Kabiri said in an interview with Azda TV.

Journalist and blogger Abdusatyor Pirmukhammadzooda, a 44-year-old native of the city of Vahdat, was detained by Tajik law enforcement agencies on July 8. It has been previously reported that he gave a confession under torture.