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
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty...
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty handed down earlier to two guerrilla members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
- AUGUST 1, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two students from the Islamic Institute of Dushanbe...
Two students from the Islamic Institute of Dushanbe were convicted and executed for the October 2000 bombing of a Dushanbe Protestant church that killed seven persons
- JULY 15, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Iranian radio reported that two men charged with attempting...
Iranian radio reported that two men charged with attempting to kill the mayor of the Tajik capital Dushanbe in February 2000 were sentenced to death
- JULY 13, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Mustafakul Boimurodov...
The Tajik Supreme Court sentenced Mustafakul Boimurodov and Sadritdin Fatkhutdinov, the organizers and perpetrators of a terrorist attack on a Korean religious mission to Dushanbe, to death
- MAY 25, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik...
Farkhod Muqimov was sentenced to death by the Tajik supreme court
- MAY 11, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The military board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced...
The military board of the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced to death
- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov,...
Two people who blew up the car of Ali Emomnazarov, deputy chairman of the Tajik Customs Committee, in 1998, were sentenced to death
- MAY 2, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was...
The Supreme Court sentenced Ikhtier Azimov, who was a member of an armed group, to death
- APRIL 24, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court sentenced two drug dealers, Islom...
The Supreme Court sentenced two drug dealers, Islom Kadirov and Kutbiddin Zaripov, to death
- MARCH 12, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan handed down the death...
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan handed down the death sentence to a former officer of the interior ministry Capt
- FEBRUARY 9, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Tajik Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on...
The Tajik Supreme Court imposed a death sentence on Dzhakhongir Ruziyev, the former head of the Tajik precious stones committee and his [unidentified] nephew
- JANUARY 21, 2001TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The issue of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty...
The issue of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty has been under wide discussion