Daily Archives: Feb 18, 2025
Turkey: an unsafe place for political dissidents
The detention of Sukhrob Turaev and Nasimzhon Sharipov is another example of how it becomes unsafe for dissidents and persecuted for political reasons while being in Turkey’s territory. March 19, 2018 in Istanbul, not the first time, was detained leader of the political "Group 24" Sukhrob Turaev (date of...
“Salafia”: the fight against extremism or a convenient cover?
On 22 January 2018, an activist, resident of the Rasht district, Junaydullo Khudoyorov, was arrested in Tajikistan. He was charged with involvement in the religious movement "Salafiya". The religious movement "Salafiya" was banned by the decision of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan in 2009 and is recognized as extremist....
The kidnapping of Numondjon Sharipov by Tajik special services from Istanbul
It became known that the member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), Numondjon Sharipov (date of birth: 01.04.1962), previously detained in Istanbul by the Turkish authorities, was illegally deported to Tajikistan.
During a telephone conversation, Numondjon Sharipov’s lawyer said that on Friday, 16 February 2018, he went to...