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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryTajikistan
Age / Sexunknown
OccupationDefense lawyer
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryOther
Statusunknown
Sentence28 years
Tajikistan · context
66documented cases
26 urgent · 12 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
14
Religious
2
Activism
4
Political
25
Case Summary
A defense lawyer who worked with political opposition members was sentenced to 28 years in prison. This is described as an outrageous move by the authorities to suppress legal defense for the opposition.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
A defense lawyer who worked with political opposition members was sentenced to 28 years in prison. This is described as an outrageous move by the authorities to suppress legal defense for the opposition.
02Analysis
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Unknown defense lawyer (PPW case cmply2lm, record version 2026-05-27). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmply2lmv00001vmullbnyzgf. Original data from nhc.no (https://www.nhc.no/en/nhc-report-to-un-tajikistan-in-deep-human-rights-crisis/).
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