On September 29, a well-known Tajik political prisoner and journalist Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda was attacked. Photo: Internet According to a source from AZDA TV, as a result of the attack, Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda sustained a head injury, and the 70-year-old prisoner was hospitalized in the medical unit of the colony. The attacker struck Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda on the […]
On September 29, a well-known Tajik political prisoner and journalist Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda was attacked.
Photo: InternetAccording to a source from AZDA TV, as a result of the attack, Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda sustained a head injury, and the 70-year-old prisoner was hospitalized in the medical unit of the colony.
The attacker struck Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda on the head with a teapot, causing severe bleeding, and he is currently undergoing treatment.
His relatives report that Sayfullozoda had been ill and was previously in the medical unit, and there had been no news about him for a week.
Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda, former editor-in-chief of the weekly “Najot” of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, and one of the country’s most prominent analysts, is currently held in a new prison in Vahdat.
Hikmatullo Sayfullozoda, a former member of the Supreme Presidium of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan, was arrested in 2015 on fabricated charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison.