Recently, Tajik law enforcement agencies have intensified pressure on the relatives of opposition representatives, especially those from the National Alliance of Tajikistan. Photo: InternetIslomjon Saidov, Representative of the NAT in Poland The representative of the NAT in Poland, Islomjon Saidov, told Azda TV that recently law enforcement officers in the Nurabad district have been harassing […]
Recently, Tajik law enforcement agencies have intensified pressure on the relatives of opposition representatives, especially those from the National Alliance of Tajikistan.
Photo: InternetThe representative of the NAT in Poland, Islomjon Saidov, told Azda TV that recently law enforcement officers in the Nurabad district have been harassing his elderly father.
Saidov reported that he cannot contact any of his relatives or family members by phone.
“Since I cannot directly reach my parents or relatives, I cannot find out the details of who is calling my father, what they want from him, and how he is being treated at the station. However, I have been informed and it is reliably known that he was summoned to the station for five consecutive days,” said Islomjon Saidov.
Saidov added that law enforcement agencies began to exert strong pressure on his family members in 2016 and continued until 2018, “however, over the past two years, the interest of law enforcement agencies has somewhat decreased, or perhaps the information did not reach us, and now they have intensified pressure on them again.” He explains the recent pressures by stating that he has started to actively comment on various topics on his YouTube channel almost every week.
When asked by Azda TV whether law enforcement officers had ever contacted him and offered, for example, to return to his homeland under amnesty or to stop criticizing the authorities, Saidov replied: “Law enforcement officers from the district have not contacted me personally, but through other means, I was informed that if I return, I would be amnestied and that I could live and work freely in the country, and they even offered me some positions. But I openly stated that I do not intend to return, and not only the authorities of Nurabad and Rasht districts, even if the president himself made me such an offer, I would not accept it, as everyone knows how he treats the opposition.”
Islomjon Saidov urged the law enforcement agencies of the Nurabad district to contact him directly if they want to say something and to put an end to the harassment and pressure on his parents, otherwise they will further discredit themselves.
At the end of the conversation, he disclosed the names of several law enforcement officers in the Nurabad district and urged them to cease their actions:
“The head of the GKNB department for the Nurabad district, Sarfaroz, a native of the Farhor district.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs department for the Nurabad district, Fadoyev Mirzo.
The head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime across five districts, Kamolidin, whose office is located in the Nurabad district.
“You know what crimes you have committed in this region! If you want, they can surface one after another! Remember that!”