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Monthly Event Reports

April 2023 | Judge put on trial for too many acquittals

A former judge from Sughd Province went on trial in Dushanbe on 3 April on a variety of charges tied to his perceived leniency and judicial independence and faces nine years. Rustam Saidahmadzoda has been detained since June 2022, and no further information has come to light from his closed-doors trial. Saidahmadzoda’s decisions to acquit the accused on lack of evidence were noteworthy in Tajikistan, where only a handful of cases out of thousands annually result in acquittals – two in 2020, 11 in 2021, and none in 2022. Corruption is systemic in the Tajik judicial system and anti-corruption prosecutions fairly common, although the opacity of proceedings leaves unclear which judges are being targeted for corruption and which for resisting pressure from the executive.

December 2022 | Activists sentenced in secret trials

Respected journalist Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva was sentenced to 21 years in prison on 12 December on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Mamadshoeva was one of six sentenced to similarly lengthy prison terms in the latest round of closed-door judgements stemming from the May-June unrest in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). The sentences and the ongoing broader crackdown on GBAO residents have been condemned by international and local human rights organizations and a United Nations special rapporteur.

September 2022 | Clashes on Kyrgyz-Tajik border kill over 100

Two days of clashes along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border resulted in over 100 dead, at least 59 of whom were civilians, hundreds of thousands of Kyrgyz internally displaced people, and attacks on civilian infrastructure on both sides. Although the violence was instigated by well-armed modern militaries, roving armed mobs were recorded attacking both Tajik and Kyrgyz villages. Specific details about what instigated the fighting and the number of dead and injured are difficult to come by, in part due to Tajikistan’s tightly controlled information environment. 

August 2022 | Crackdown in the Pamirs

The scale of the May crackdown in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region was brought into focus as Human Rights Watch reported the number of activists and citizens arrested in connection has risen to over 200. Outside access to the remote region has been strictly controlled, and those arrested are being tried in closed courts without access to lawyers. Some of the accused are Russian citizens and residents with no apparent connection to the May events who appear to have been extra-judicially extradited to stand trial.

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GSoD Indices Data 2013-2022

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Basic Information

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Population Tooltip
9 749 625
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda (since 2013)
Head of government party
People's Democratic Party
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
Parallel
Women in lower or single chamber
27.0%
Women in upper chamber
25.8%
Last legislative election
2020
Head of state
President Emomali Rahmon
Selection process for head of state
Direct election (plurality)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
04/11/2021
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
76.92%
Population Tooltip
9 749 625
System of government
Presidential system
Head of government
Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda (since 2013)
Head of government party
People's Democratic Party
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
Parallel
Women in lower or single chamber
27.0%
Women in upper chamber
25.8%
Last legislative election
2020
Head of state
President Emomali Rahmon
Selection process for head of state
Direct election (plurality)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
04/11/2021
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) percentage of recommendations supported
76.92%
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Human Rights Treaties

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United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
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Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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Convention on the Rights of the Child
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International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 
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International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
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Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
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Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
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Equal Remuneration Convention
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Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
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Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
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Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
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Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
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Performance by category over the last 6 months

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Global State of Democracy Indices

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mid 0.4-0.7
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low 0.0-0.4
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Factors of Democratic Performance Over Time

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