Shokhida Makhmadjonova detained in Vahdat

Tajikistan’s police detained Shohida Mamadjonova in the city of Vahdat, and a day later her relatives still do not know where she is.

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Sherzod Makhmadjonov, a Tajik blogger living in Germany and known by the nickname “Abdurakhmon-09,” told Azda TV that on February 2, the police in Vahdat summoned his mother Shohida Makhmadjonova to the station to retrieve her mobile phone, which was in their possession. When his mother arrived at the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Vahdat on February 3, she was detained.

According to the blogger “Abdurakhmon-09,” more than a day after her detention, the police still did not inform her relatives why she was detained or where she was being held.

“Abdurakhmon-09” reported that this morning, February 4, his father and grandmother went to the Department of Internal Affairs in Vahdat and asked where Shohida Makhmadjonova was being held and the reason for her detention. In response, the police stated that they would provide information about the reason for her detention and her whereabouts in 48 hours, that is, on February 5.

The detention of Shohida Makhmadjonova was reported by her son, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan has not officially confirmed her detention yet.

According to the news agency “Bomdod,” for several months, her relatives have been summoned to the police station and interrogated.

Earlier, media also reported that Shohida Makhmadjonova faced persecution from the authorities due to her son’s activities. Last year, the management of the central hospital in Vahdat, where she worked as a nurse, forced her to submit a resignation letter.