The National Bank of Tajikistan has updated the list of individuals “associated with terrorism”

The National Bank of Tajikistan has updated its list of individuals “associated with terrorism,” removing the names of most opposition members.

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The list from the National Bank, known as the “List of individuals identified by the Republic of Tajikistan as associated with terrorism,” shows that the names of most opposition members have been removed.

The updated list no longer includes the names of close relatives of the leader of the National Alliance of Tajikistan, except for himself, Mukhdiddin Kabiri, and his eldest son Ruhullo Tillozoda.

Also excluded from the list are the names of many civil society activists, whose names were included in the National Bank’s list two years ago as individuals associated with terrorism, including seven Tajik journalists, such as Mavjuda Sokhibnazarova, Humairo Bakhtiyor, Amrullo Nizom, Shukhrat Rahmatulloh, and others.

The updated list of the National Bank of Tajikistan, which includes the names of 2417 individuals, still features the names of those who died seven years ago.

By order of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, the National Bank of Tajikistan published the list for the second time in 2019, including approximately 3000 individuals associated with terrorism, which sparked a strong reaction from users and civil society activists, including journalists.