Tajikistan: All charges against Alexander Sodiqov must be dropped
| Publisher | Article 19 |
| Publication Date | 25 July 2014 |
| Cite as | Article 19, Tajikistan: All charges against Alexander Sodiqov must be dropped, 25 July 2014, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/53eb4b084.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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ARTICLE 19 welcomes the release of academic researcher Alexander Sodiqov on 22 July, however the criminal investigation brought against him for allegations of espionage/treason is still on-going and ARTICLE 19 calls for all charges to be dropped immediately.
Sodiqov is currently under house-arrest, following his release. On 16 June Sodiqov was arrested in the town of Khorog, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Republic in the southeast of Tajikistan. Later Sodiqov was transferred to the Tajik capital Dushanbe, and held by the Tajik national security services on the basis of a criminal investigation on suspicions of espionage/treason. On the basis of these charges he could face a prison sentence from 12 to 20 years.
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