
Buzurgmehr Yorov
Has not received proper medical care since incarceration; health concerns raised regarding COVID-19 in 2020.
Buzurgmehr Yorov is a Tajik human rights lawyer and member of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan. He represented IRPT members and publicly revealed their torture in pre-trial detention. Yorov was charged with fraud and 'Public invitation to change the constitutional system by violence' (article 307). His case was classified as 'top secret' in 2015. After various sentence reductions via amnesties, a new criminal case for large-scale fraud was opened against him in April 2023.
Buzurgmehr Yorov is a Tajik human rights lawyer and member of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan. He represented IRPT members and publicly revealed their torture in pre-trial detention.
Arrest Date
September 29, 2015
Sentence Length
18 years