2 October 2015
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights :
Ravina Shamdasani
Location : Geneva
Subjects: Tajikistan
Tajikistan
We are concerned about an increasing risk of human rights
violations connected with the recent banning of the Islamic Revival Party of
Tajikistan (IRPT), and the arrest and detention of more than a dozen of its
members since early September.
On 29 September, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan ruled
that the IRPT was “an extremist and terrorist organisation” and banned it. This
decision followed a long-running campaign of pressure, intimidation and a
subsequent crackdown by the Government on the IRPT.
On 17 September, the Office of the Prosecutor General
issued an official statement stating that IRPT members were arrested to prevent
new terrorist acts and accusing the party of organizing armed groups and
instigating violence, including the 4 September attack on a police station,
which left 39 people dead, including 14 police officers.
At least 13 IRPT members, including from the party
leadership, were arrested and detained on 16 and 17 September. The defence
lawyer of several IRPT members, Buzurgmehr Yorov, was also arrested and
subsequently charged with fraud and forgery.
The IRPT was the only Islamic political party legally
registered in Central Asia and was party to the 1997 inter-Tajik peace
agreement.
We call upon the Tajik authorities to ensure that any
measures taken in the fight against “terrorism” or “extremism” are fully in
line with international human rights law, with full respect for the rights to
freedom of religion, opinion, expression, peaceful assembly, and association,
participation in public affairs, and the principle of non-discrimination. The
legality and conditions of detention must be guaranteed in line with relevant
international norms and standards.
ENDS
For more information or media requests, please contact
Rupert Colville (+41 22 917 9767 / rcolville@ohchr.org) or Ravina Shamdasani
(+41 22 917 9169 / rshamdasani@ohchr.org ) .
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