The Prosecutor General’s Office called Pamir activists “criminals”

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan responded to “provocative” messages and articles about Pamiri activists.

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The “reaction” of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan was published on the official website of the agency on January 26, where it is noted that “provocative” messages and articles about convicted Badakhshan activists, including Ulfatkhanim Mamadshoeva, Faromuz Irgashev, Muzaffar Muborakshoena, Khursand Mamadshoev, Manuchehr Khaliknazarov, and Khushruz Jumayev, are published in the media of the “political opposition located in European countries” with the aim of “violating the constitutional order and national security in the Republic of Tajikistan.”

According to the General Prosecutor’s Office, these Pamiri activists are not “innocent lambs”; they are “leaders of criminal groups” who have received deserved punishment for their “crimes.”

Furthermore, the General Prosecutor’s Office also presents the charges brought against some of these activists and reports that the Supreme Court of Tajikistan found them guilty of committing these crimes:

As a result, “Irgashev F.I. and Muborakshoen M.T. were sentenced to 29 years of imprisonment for a combination of crimes, Mamadshoeva U.M. was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for a combination of crimes, Khaliknazarov M.S. and Mamadshoev Kh.M. were sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment for a combination of crimes, Jumayev Kh.G. was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment,” the statement from the General Prosecutor’s Office notes.

This statement from the prosecutor’s office and the declaration of some peace activists as criminals are met with claims from the activists and their relatives that the authorities’ accusations are false and linked to their activities.

The “reaction” of the General Prosecutor’s Office was published at a time when the activists and their family members believe that all accusations are fabrications related to their civic activities.

International human rights organizations also consider Pamiri activists innocent and have repeatedly called on Tajik authorities to release them immediately.