Tajikistan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Moratorium on executions
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
- News items in the archive
- 133
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Tajikistan is classified as Moratorium on executions in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 133 news items on Tajikistan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- DECEMBER 28, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 28, Tajikistan's courts sentenced 5 men...
On December 28, Tajikistan's courts sentenced 5 men to death and several to jail for their role in a foiled military coup
- DECEMBER 8, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On December 8, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced...
On December 8, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced Davlatali Husenov and J
- DECEMBER 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced to...
In December, the Khatlon Regional Court sentenced to death 3 leaders of a subversive group of 18 people:
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In November, a record quantity of narcotics weighing...
In November, a record quantity of narcotics weighing more than 120kg was discovered and confiscated by Tajik customs men and staff of the Interior Ministry
- SEPTEMBER 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In September, the southern Khatlon Regional Court sentenced...
In September, the southern Khatlon Regional Court sentenced to death Fayzidin Bobokhonov, a 29-year-old resident of Yovon District
- JUNE 24, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On June 24, the Supreme Court led by the chairman of...
On June 24, the Supreme Court led by the chairman of the military collegium, Maj
- MAY 13, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On May 13, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tajikistan...
On May 13, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tajikistan sentenced to death 2 gang leaders, Yusufali Salohov and M
- MAY 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
In May, a court's military collegium ruled the death...
In May, a court's military collegium ruled the death penalty for police Colonel Asatullo Shomatov, deputy chief of Dushanbe's interior directorate
- MARCH 26, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On March 26, the Supreme Court sentenced Mizomuddin...
On March 26, the Supreme Court sentenced Mizomuddin Valiyev, Saidrakhmon Davuvoz and Yakub Darveshev to death by firing squad
- JANUARY 5, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 5, the Supreme Court sentenced former military...
On January 5, the Supreme Court sentenced former military officer Sharif Sharipov to death by shooting after finding him guilty of organizing a terrorist group and the premeditated murder of dozens of people
- JANUARY 4, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
On January 4, Tajikistan acceded to the International...
On January 4, Tajikistan acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and to its First Protocol
- JANUARY 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or...
The Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions transmitted an urgent appeal to the Government on behalf of Abdulkhafiz Adbullayev and 5 other men, who were reportedly sentenced to death for treason, banditry and terrorism (E/CN
- JANUARY 1, 1999TajikistanDEATH 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