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06DUSHANBE226
2006-02-02 13:46:00
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Embassy Dushanbe
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TAJIKISTAN SDPT MEMBERS RELEASED FROM JAIL
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UNCLAS DUSHANBE 000226
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CACEN, DRL, SA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN SDPT MEMBERS RELEASED FROM JAIL
UNCLAS DUSHANBE 000226
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CACEN, DRL, SA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN SDPT MEMBERS RELEASED FROM JAIL
1. Two Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) members
imprisoned after the parliamentary elections last year have been
released. Nizomaddin Begmatov, the Rasulov District SDPT
Chairman and Nasim Shukurov, a member of the Sughd Region's SDPT
branch were released on January 31 and February 1, respectively
after serving nearly a year in prison.
2. Begmatov and Shukurov attempted to register to run in the
February 2005 parliamentary elections, but government officials
did not register them. They complained to the Rasulov district
judge and blamed the government for purposefully delaying their
registration for political reasons. They also accused the judge
of being personally involved in the registration process. The
argument became heated and the judge had them arrested and
charged with hooliganism on March 12, 2005. Begmatov and
Shukurov were sentenced to one and one and a half years
respectively.
3. In August 2005, their lawyer, Bakhtiyor Nasrulloev, appealed
to the Sughd Court for their release, claiming they were
illegally detained in the first place. The Court never
responded to the appeal, but rather attributed their recent
release to "good behavior."
4. SDPT National Chairman, Rahmatullo Zoyirov, is pleased with
their release and maintains the arrest was politically
motivated; the two members were wrongly indicted and did not
commit any crime.
5. COMMENT: The SDPT members were released after serving their
sentences for nearly one year because they are no longer seen as
political threats. Parliamentary elections are long over and
the SDPT is seen by the ruling party as too weak financially and
politically to have any clout in the upcoming presidential
election in November. END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CACEN, DRL, SA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN SDPT MEMBERS RELEASED FROM JAIL
1. Two Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT) members
imprisoned after the parliamentary elections last year have been
released. Nizomaddin Begmatov, the Rasulov District SDPT
Chairman and Nasim Shukurov, a member of the Sughd Region's SDPT
branch were released on January 31 and February 1, respectively
after serving nearly a year in prison.
2. Begmatov and Shukurov attempted to register to run in the
February 2005 parliamentary elections, but government officials
did not register them. They complained to the Rasulov district
judge and blamed the government for purposefully delaying their
registration for political reasons. They also accused the judge
of being personally involved in the registration process. The
argument became heated and the judge had them arrested and
charged with hooliganism on March 12, 2005. Begmatov and
Shukurov were sentenced to one and one and a half years
respectively.
3. In August 2005, their lawyer, Bakhtiyor Nasrulloev, appealed
to the Sughd Court for their release, claiming they were
illegally detained in the first place. The Court never
responded to the appeal, but rather attributed their recent
release to "good behavior."
4. SDPT National Chairman, Rahmatullo Zoyirov, is pleased with
their release and maintains the arrest was politically
motivated; the two members were wrongly indicted and did not
commit any crime.
5. COMMENT: The SDPT members were released after serving their
sentences for nearly one year because they are no longer seen as
political threats. Parliamentary elections are long over and
the SDPT is seen by the ruling party as too weak financially and
politically to have any clout in the upcoming presidential
election in November. END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND