The Ismoil Somoni District Court of the city of Dushanbe confirmed that a
sentence was handed down against Maksud Ibragimov, a leader of the
Youth of Tajikistan for Revival movement.
On 24 July 2015 he was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment, not 13
years as we previously reported on 15 July 2015 in a press release “In Dushanbe Maksud Ibragimov a leader ofthe Youth of Tajikistan for Revival movement is sentenced”.
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| Maksud Ibragimov |
In 2004 Maqsud Ibragimov renounced citizenship of
Tajikistan and acquired citizenship of the Russian Federation. He has been in
permanent residence in Russia for more than 10 years.
On 26 November 2014 Maksud Ibragimov was
attacked in Moscow. He was stabbed, causing substantial damage his health.
According to his relatives, in
January officers of the Metgorodok Department of the MIA arrested Maksud
Ibragimov at his home. Later, he was brought to the Preobrazhensk Prosecutor’s
Office of the city of Moscow. He submitted a complaint about his kidnapping in
November and was released. When Maksud Ibragimov left the building of the
Prosecutor’s Office, some unidentified men were waiting for him. Against his
will, they took Maksud Ibrahimov to the airport and was sent to Dushanbe,
undocumented, in the luggage compartment. Upon arrival, Ibragimov was forced
under torture to say that he came to Tajikistan voluntarily.
The official statement issued by the press office of the Court reads “At
the Court hearing on 24 June, Maksud Mukhidinovich Ibragimov was sentenced to
17 years of imprisonment. This individual is found guilty of committing series
of crimes, under Articles 307, part 3 (Public
Calls to Forcible Changing the Constitutional System of the Republic of
Tajikistan committed on the instructions of hostilely incited organisations and
representatives of foreign states); 307,
part 2 (Public Calls to Forcible Changing
the Constitutional System of the Republic of Tajikistan committed by an organised
group); and part 1 (Public Calls to
extremist activities and Organisation of extremist community); 187, part 1
(Organising of a criminal community for
committing felonies or especially grievous crimes) and part 2 (Participation
in a criminal community)
of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan and is sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment
to be served in a maximum security prison”.
We learned that Maksud Ibragimov is appealing against the Sentence.
Meanwhile, prosecution of the members of Youth of Tajikistan for Rival movement
and the opposition Group 24, which are members of the New Tajikistan coalition
continues.
Our previous
publications on this topic:
— press release "Belarus: imprisoned Shabnam Khudoydodova from
Tajikistan was allowed to meet with a lawyer" dated 20 July 2015;
— press release "In Dushanbe
Maksud Ibragimov a leader of the Youth of Tajikistan for Revival movement is
sentenced " dated 15 July 2015;
— press release "A member of Group 24 of Tajikistan
Shabnam Khudoydodova arrested in Belarus" dated 18
June 2015;
— press release "Turkey: Leader of the Tajik
opposition Umarali Kuvatov murdered in Istanbul" dated 5 March 2015;
— press release "Arrests of the Tajik
activists. In Moscow, Maksud Ibragimov is missing" dated 26 January 2015;
— press release "Turkey: the leader of «Group
24» Umarali Kuvatov faces a threat of extradition" dated 13 January 2015;
— press release" Turkey: the leader of «Goup 24»
Umarali Kuvatov is detained" dated 20 December 2014;
— press release "Russia: an attempt on the life
of a member of the Tajik opposition Maksud Ibragimov" dated 1 December 2014.
