Tajikistan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- November 6, 1994
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; no judicial review of legislative acts
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral Supreme Assembly (Majlisi Oli), composed of the Assembly of Representatives and the National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the President
RELIGIONS
85% Sunnis, 5% Shiites, 10% other
From the country
- OCTOBER 23, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals...
A court in Tajikistan sentenced two Tajik nationals to be executed for drugs smuggling
- SEPTEMBER 20, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Rustam Ubaydullayev, a 48-year-old inhabitant of Dushanbe,...
Rustam Ubaydullayev, a 48-year-old inhabitant of Dushanbe, was sentenced to death in Tajikistan for mugging a UN military observer in February 1999
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Khudoydod Rasulov and Hasan Fayozov were found guilty...
Khudoydod Rasulov and Hasan Fayozov were found guilty of drug smuggling by the Leninobod regional court and sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Fayzullo Boymurotov, a resident of the Khatlon region,...
Fayzullo Boymurotov, a resident of the Khatlon region, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 31, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building...
A defendant took 21 court staff hostage in the building of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan
- AUGUST 10, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Nazirmad Qurbonov, a contract serviceman in the town...
Nazirmad Qurbonov, a contract serviceman in the town of Chkalovsk (Leninobod Region), and of the Khujand airport guard, was sentenced to death by the Tajikistan Supreme Court
- JULY 18, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Mahmadrasul Sirojev was sentenced to death by the Supreme...
Mahmadrasul Sirojev was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Tajikistan
- MAY 25, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A Tajik citizen, Akram Yusupov, 36, was arrested by...
A Tajik citizen, Akram Yusupov, 36, was arrested by Bashkortostan (Russia) Interior Ministry staff
- MARCH 30, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced Hakimbek Homidov to capital...
The Supreme Court sentenced Hakimbek Homidov to capital punishment
- MARCH 18, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Security Ministry employees destroyed some 444 kg of...
Security Ministry employees destroyed some 444 kg of drugs confiscated in the course of special operations in the furnaces of one of Dushanbe's industrial plants
- JANUARY 1, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is enforced for 41 offenses (27 peacetime...
The death penalty is enforced for 41 offenses (27 peacetime and 14 wartime) and in 1997 was extended to gangsterism
- JANUARY 1, 2000TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court and its military collegium...
The Tajik Supreme Court and its military collegium passed death sentences on 33 people in 2000