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 12, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two Tajik soldiers were sentenced to death for armed robbery
Two Tajik soldiers were sentenced to death for armed robbery
- MARCH 27, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Military Collegium of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced...
The Military Collegium of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced to death Said Rizvonzoda, Abdulmajid Davlatov, Nazar Davlatov and Saidamir Karimov for the murder of the first deputy interior minister, Habibullo Sanginov, his two bodyguards and driver on 11 Ap
- MARCH 7, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Abdughani Sartibayev,...
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Abdughani Sartibayev, to death for the murder of Swiss tourist Didier Eric Mangerie in the summer of 2001
- JANUARY 20, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme...
The chairman of the criminal collegium of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, Fakhriddin Dodomatov, said: "I think the time for abolishing capital punishment has not yet come
- JANUARY 1, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Tajikistan's Criminal Code metes out the death penalty...
Tajikistan's Criminal Code metes out the death penalty for serious crimes such as an attempt to stage a coup d'etat, terrorism, taking hostages, premeditated murder aggravated by utmost cruelty and smuggling drugs in particularly large amounts
- JANUARY 1, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On december 20, 2001, according to a Voice and Vision...
On december 20, 2001, according to a Voice and Vision [of Iran] correspondent from Dushanbe, participants of the two-day conference entitled "The death penalty: pros and cons", opened in Dushanbe on December 20, said the number of those executed in Tajiki
- JANUARY 1, 2002TajikistanDEATH 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
- JANUARY 1, 2002TajikistanDEATH 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, 2002TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Under Tajik legislation possession of hard drugs in...
Under Tajik legislation possession of hard drugs in large quantities (from 15 g) with a view to selling carries the death penalty or jail terms from 20 to 25 years
- DECEMBER 20, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
December 20-21, 2001: a two-day international conference,...
December 20-21, 2001: a two-day international conference, entitled "The death penalty: pros and cons", opened in Dushanbe on December 20
- DECEMBER 20, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
According to a Voice and Vision [of Iran] correspondent...
According to a Voice and Vision [of Iran] correspondent from Dushanbe, participants of the two-day conference said the number of those executed in Tajikistan in 2000 was 65, and a total of 100 people were executed in 2001
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed