pp_directory.tajikistan
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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryTajikistan
Age / Sexmale
OccupationJournalist, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the IRPT, Editor-in-Chief of Najot, Director of Press Panorama
Arrested inVahdat
Held atPrison in Vahdat
Categorypolitical
Statusunknown
Sentence28 years
Tajikistan · context
66documented cases
26 urgent · 12 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
14
Religious
2
Activism
4
Political
25
Medical
Health Concerns Identified.
Sustained injuries during a prison riot in Vahdat on May 19, 2019.
Case Summary
Abdukakhor Davlatov, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), is a journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of the party’s newspaper Najot as well as Director of the Information and Analytical Center Press Panorama. He serves as a member of the IRPT Political Council and its Presidium.
In the 2015 parliamentary elections, held on March 1, 2015, Davlatov stood as the IRPT candidate for the lower chamber of the Parliament of Tajikistan in constituency No. 30 (Rumi district). Local authorities reportedly obstructed his election campaign. On June 2, 2016, Davlatov, along with 13 other members of the IRPT Supreme Political Council, was found guilty and sentenced to 28 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony following closed proceedings regarding General Nazarzoda’s alleged mutiny.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Abdukakhor Davlatov, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), is a journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of the party’s newspaper Najot as well as Director of the Information and Analytical Center Press Panorama. He serves as a member of the IRPT Political Council and its Presidium.
02Charges
Charges
15 count- 01Organization of a criminal association
- 02Participation in a criminal association
- 03Incitement of social, racial, national, regional, religious (confessional) enmity or discord
- 04Public calls for violent change of the constitutional order
- 05Illegal imprisonment
- 06Preparation of sabotage
- 07Stealing of weapons, ammunitions, explosives and explosive mechanisms
- 08Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation, or carrying of weapons, ammunition, explosives, or explosive devices
- 09Murder
- 10Attempted murder
- 11Terrorism
- 12Forcible seizure of power or forcible retention of power
- 13Armed rebellion
- 14Public calls to extremist activity and public justification of extremism
- 15Polygamy
Criminal Code Articles
15 articleArt. 187 part 1Art. 187 part 2Art. 189 part 3 paragraph “a”Art. 307 part 3Art. 131 part 3 paragraph “a”Art. 32 – 309 part 2 paragraph “b”Art. 199 part 4 paragraphs “a”, “b”, “c”Art. 195 Part 3Art. 104 part 2 paragraphs “a”, “b”, “g”, “h”, “i”, “l”, “m”, “p”Art. 32 part 3 – 104 part 2 paragraphs “a”, “b”, “g”, “h”, “i”, “l”, “m”, “n”Art. 179 part 3 paragraph “a”Art. 306Art. 313Art. 307 (1) part 1Art. 170
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
September 16, 2015
Sentence served
10y 9mo / 28 years
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Abdukakhor Davlatov (PPW case cmorrqvo). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmorrqvo200041v82z4upj9fk. Original data from pp_directory.tajikistan (https://politicalprisoners.directory/prisoner/abdukakhor-davlatov/).
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