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DUSHANBE, March 10, 2010, Asia-Plus -- 56 followers of Jamaati Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group, have been convicted in Tajikistan.
The Supreme Court on March 5 ruled that 23 of them be given jail terms of between 3 and 6 years, while the remaining 33 persons be fined in an amount of 1,000 to 2,000 accounts indices (for this year, the government has determined the accounts index at 35.00 somoni).
The sentence followed their conviction on the charges of organization of activity of an extremist organization (Article 307, Parts 1 and 2 of Tajikistans Penal Code), the source at the Supreme Court said.
In the meantime, Zafar Qurbonov, defense lawyer of two the convicts -- Jamshed Ivazov and Saidibrohim Ismatulloyev -- told Asia-Plus that his clients did not trust in the countrys judicial system and like other convicts they were not going to appeal against the verdict.
The trial began on December 8, 2009. The trial was held at Dushanbes pretrial detention facility # 1 and relatives of some of the convicts say they were not allowed into the courtroom.
We will recall that dozens followers of Jamaati Tabligh were detained in a mosque in Dushanbe in April 2009. The same month, several members of this group were also detained in Khatlons Baljuvon and Bokhatar districts as well as the city of Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province.
In January 2006, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan banned Jamaati Tabligh together with other nine organizations as extremist on the basis of a suit filed by the Prosecutor-Generals Office.
Radio Libertys Tajik Service reported in December 2009 that the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced five people in September 2009 to prison terms of between three and six years for their affiliation with Jamaati Tabligh.
DUSHANBE, March 10, 2010, Asia-Plus -- 56 followers of Jamaati Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group, have been convicted in Tajikistan.
The Supreme Court on March 5 ruled that 23 of them be given jail terms of between 3 and 6 years, while the remaining 33 persons be fined in an amount of 1,000 to 2,000 accounts indices (for this year, the government has determined the accounts index at 35.00 somoni).
The sentence followed their conviction on the charges of organization of activity of an extremist organization (Article 307, Parts 1 and 2 of Tajikistans Penal Code), the source at the Supreme Court said.
In the meantime, Zafar Qurbonov, defense lawyer of two the convicts -- Jamshed Ivazov and Saidibrohim Ismatulloyev -- told Asia-Plus that his clients did not trust in the countrys judicial system and like other convicts they were not going to appeal against the verdict.
The trial began on December 8, 2009. The trial was held at Dushanbes pretrial detention facility # 1 and relatives of some of the convicts say they were not allowed into the courtroom.
We will recall that dozens followers of Jamaati Tabligh were detained in a mosque in Dushanbe in April 2009. The same month, several members of this group were also detained in Khatlons Baljuvon and Bokhatar districts as well as the city of Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the Khatlon province.
In January 2006, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan banned Jamaati Tabligh together with other nine organizations as extremist on the basis of a suit filed by the Prosecutor-Generals Office.
Radio Libertys Tajik Service reported in December 2009 that the Tajik Supreme Court sentenced five people in September 2009 to prison terms of between three and six years for their affiliation with Jamaati Tabligh.
