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COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVE OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION — 19 INDIVIDUALS FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE

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Comprehensive archive of political persecution — 19 individuals fighting for freedom and justice across Russia, Belarus, and Central Asia.

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Abduhalim Nazarzoda

The article mentions Abduhalim Nazarzoda, former deputy minister of defense, whose rebellion led to the banning of the Islamic Renaissance Party in 2015. Nazarzoda was one of the last commanders of the United Tajik Opposition forces who was integrated into the government.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 5, 2026

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Rukhshona Khakimova

Rukhshona Khakimova was initially detained without a warrant by police officers outside her home in Dushanbe on July 16, 2024. She was later formally arrested and taken into custody after her verdict on February 5, 2025. Her charges allegedly stemmed from interviews she conducted for a research project on international aid from China to Tajikistan, where she reportedly spoke with two defendants, asking general questions not related to classified information.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 5, 2026

Dushanbe, Ninth Kilometre neighbourhood

Sorbon Yunoev

Sorbon Yunoev is a 63-year-old Pamiri activist and farmer from Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan region, known for supporting indigenous Pamiri rights and criticizing government actions, especially after the November 2021 protests. During his trial, Yunoev was accused of raising his voice against the acting authorities; of expressing his support for the participants in mass protests in Kŭhistoni Badakhshon Autonomous Province in November 2021 and May 2022; of expressing his support for the head of Commission, who had been arrested and detained on 28 May 2022 and had subsequently been sentenced to 29 years of imprisonment; of organizing a peaceful sports event held in Khorugh on 30 May 2020; and of publicly criticizing unreasonable use of the State budget for the construction of a flagpole with the national flag of Tajikistan in one of the districts of Kŭhistoni Badakhshon Autonomous Province. For these actions, he was found guilty of “participation in a criminal association” under article 187 (2) of the Criminal Code. According to the source, Yunoev was convicted of participation in a criminal association, which does not match the activities he was charged with during his trial. The source adds that there is not much information about Yunoev’s conviction, since his relatives tried to secure a lawyer of his choice, but several lawyers refused to work on the case due to fear of prosecution by the authorities. It is alleged that the authorities have harassed lawyers and human rights defenders working on the cases of those detained following the events in Kŭhistoni Badakhshon Autonomous Province.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov

Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov is a human rights defender and lawyer who leads the Pamir Lawyers Association. He is a member of the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan, and a member of the Commission 44, created to document police brutality in Gorno-Badakhshan, an autonomous region of Tajikistan.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva

Prominent journalist and woman human rights defender in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. She is a representative of the indigenous Pamiri minority group and an independent journalist – working with “Asia Plus”, “Argumenti Nedeli”, and has collaborated with “Ferghana”. In recent years, Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva founded the NGO, “Nomus va Insof”, where she had focused on children’s rights, upbringing and education, and women’s rights.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 5, 2026

Buzurgmehr Yorov

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.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Mahmadali Hayitov

Mahmadali Hayit is the Deputy head of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). A member of the party since 1992 and a member of its Supreme Council since 1999, he served as deputy chairman from 2007 until his arrest in September 2015. He was accused of plotting a coup and collaborating with General Nazarzoda, despite a lack of evidence. Following a closed trial, he was found guilty of numerous charges including terrorism, armed rebellion, and murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in a maximum security correctional facility.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Sattor Karimov

Sattor Karimov joined the Islamic Revival movement in the 1970s. IRPT Presidium member. He was arrested on September 16, 2015, and accused of involvement in a mutiny allegedly organized by General Nazarzoda. He was sentenced to 26 years in a strict regime penal colony in June 2016. Karimov was killed during a riot in May 2019 at Vahdat’s Correctional Colony No. 3/2.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Kulob, Tajikistan

Abdusamad Gayratov

Abdusamad Gayratov, a graduate of the State University of Kulyab and entrepreneur, led the IRPT Kulyab branch until 2010 and served on the Supreme Political Council. In the 2010 parliamentary elections, Gayratov stood as the IRPT candidate for the lower chamber representing the Kulyab region. During this campaign and other occasions he was persecuted by the authorities using different means from administrative charges to attacks. On September 16, 2015, he was detained by the Tajik State National Security Committee (SNSC) officers at his home in Kulob. On June 2, 2016, along with 13 other members of the IRPT Supreme Political Council, Gayratov was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 5, 2026

Vohidkhon Kosidinov

Vokhidkhon Kosiddinov has been an IRPT member since 1989. From 1999 to 2001, he headed the party’s branch in the Isfara district. Between 2001 and 2003, he served as Deputy Secretary General of the IRPT. From 2003 to 2006, Vokhidkhon Kosiddinov held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Party. From 2008 to 2014, he served as Head of the IRPT Administration, and since 2014, as Head of the Party’s Election Headquarters. He is also a member of the IRPT Supreme Political Council and its Presidium.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Muhammadsharif Nabiev

Muhammadsharif Nabiev is the Head of the IRPT branch in Kulyab and a member of the Presidium. He was detained on September 16, 2015, and sentenced to 14 years in a strict regime penal colony.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Khisaynov Umarali (Saidumar Khusaini)

The first deputy chairman of Tajikistan’s Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT), otherwise known as Saidumar Husaini/Khusaini. Despite a lack of evidence, the IRPT was accused of plotting a coup and collaborating with General Nazarzoda. Khisaynov along with other IRPT leaders were charged with terrorism, armed rebellion, murder, public appeals to “violent change of the constitutional order,” incitement to racial and religious hatred, and organization of a criminal group.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Zubaidullohi Rozik

Zubaidullohi Rozik was a prominent activist of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). He served as a member of the IRPT's Political Council and Presidium, head of the party’s Science Department, and editor-in-chief of its publication Najot. He was also a former imam of the Gozimalik district mosque. Despite a lack of evidence, Rozik and other IRPT leaders were accused of plotting a coup and collaborating with General Nazarzoda. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2016. Throughout his detention, he faced ill-treatment and torture. He died in prison on September 24, 2025, at the age of 80.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Abdukakhor Davlatov

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.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Kiyomiddin Avazov

A member of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) since 2004, Kiyomiddin Avazov held several key positions within the Party, including Head of the IRPT Dushanbe branch. He was arrested on September 16, 2015, at his home in Dushanbe by SCNS officers. Like other members of the IRPT Supreme Political Council, he was accused of involvement in the events of the mutiny allegedly organized by General Nazarzoda on September 4, 2015. On June 2, 2016, Avazov was found guilty and sentenced to 28 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. He also received a 5-year ban from holding certain positions and working in political parties.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 5, 2026

Mukhammadali Faizmuhammad

Mukhammadali Faizmuhammad is a former member of the Commission on National Reconciliation. Since 1999, he has served as the Head of the Audit Commission of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). He is also a member of the Party’s Supreme Political Council and its Presidium.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Khikmatullo Saifullozoda

Khikmatullo Saifullozoda has been an IRPT member since the early 1990s. He participated in the first round of inter-Tajik peace talks in Afghanistan, which formed the basis for the General Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and National Accord in Tajikistan. From 1997 to 2000, Saifullozoda headed the IRPT Press Center. He served on the Central Commission for Elections and Referenda from 1999 to 2004. In the early 2000s, he became Chief of Staff and spokesperson of the IRPT. Since 2010, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the party newspaper Najot. He was also a member of the IRPT Supreme Political Council and its Presidium. On September 16, 2015, Saifullozoda was arrested by SCNS officers. He was accused of involvement in the events of the mutiny allegedly organized by General Nazarzoda on September 4, 2015. On June 2, 2016, he was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Jobir Rahmatulloi Rajab

Jobir Rahmatulloi Rajab has been an IRPT member since 2003. He has served as an IRPT Personnel and Political Training Officer, worked as an election commissioner since 2006, and served as Chairman of the IRPT Election Department since 2007. Elected to the IRPT Political Council and Presidium in 2012, he has been an active member of the organization.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026

Tawakkal Boboev

Member of IRPT, at some point, he served as Deputy Head of the IRPT district branch in Varzob. On 20 February 2010, he was attacked by a Varzob district prosecutor’s office employee, Shafar Boev, because he was holding a copy of the Ozodagon newspaper. At the party’s pre-election congress on 16 December 2014, he was selected as one of 28 IRPT candidates for the parliamentary elections in 2015.

LAST UPDATED · MAY 4, 2026