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
- APRIL 26, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In an appeal to the Tajik government, Amnesty International...
In an appeal to the Tajik government, Amnesty International (AI) urged the government not to execute seven members of a group headed by the rebel commander, Rahmon Sanginov
- APRIL 12, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On February 11, 2005, the Tajik parliament amended the country’s criminal code and replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment.
On February 11, 2005, the Tajik parliament amended the country’s criminal code and replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in southern Tajikistan sentenced two men to...
A court in southern Tajikistan sentenced two men to death for murder, the Tajik national news agency Khovar web site reported
- DECEMBER 29, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death...
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan sentenced to death Farhod Sharopov, 34, for murder
- DECEMBER 28, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
An international human rights group asked the Russian...
An international human rights group asked the Russian prosecutor-general not to extradite three Tajik nationals arrested by Russian security forces earlier in 2003
- DECEMBER 17, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Dushanbe city court, Tajikistan, sentenced Sharafjon...
The Dushanbe city court, Tajikistan, sentenced Sharafjon Rahimov to death after finding him guilty of killing 19 year old Sirojiddin Fayzaliyevich Rahimov during a robbery
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Sherali Safarovich Norbekov, a former soldier, was...
Sherali Safarovich Norbekov, a former soldier, was sentenced to death by the military board of Tajikistan's Supreme Court after being convicted of several crimes including theft, robbery and the murder of five people in March 1993
- AUGUST 5, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Hakimjon Otaboyev, from northern Tajikistan, was sentenced...
Hakimjon Otaboyev, from northern Tajikistan, was sentenced to death by the Soghd regional criminal court
- JULY 11, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The president of the 55-nation Organisation for Security...
The president of the 55-nation Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer called on Tajikistan President Emomali Rakhmonov to impose a moratorium on the death penalty
- JULY 8, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Asia Plus news agency reported that the Tajik Supreme...
Asia Plus news agency reported that the Tajik Supreme Court's Military Collegium sentenced a former presidential guard to death
- JUNE 30, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament ruled that women...
Tajikistan's lower house of parliament ruled that women found guilty of major crimes would no longer be executed, while their male counterparts were still subject to capital punishment
- JUNE 24, 2003TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajik Television reported that President Emomali Rahmonov...
Tajik Television reported that President Emomali Rahmonov sent to the Assembly of Representatives for consideration a draft law on making amendments to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan