Tajikistan: Death sentences passed on former members of pro-government militias

Safarqul Samadov, Abdurauf Urunov, Abdunabi Boronov and Nurali Janjolov: There is concern that these four men were sentenced to death in two separate trials in the Supreme Court in 1995 and 1996. While Amnesty International welcomes the fact that the authorities have taken steps to end the impunity for former members of pro-government paramilitary groups who have been found guilty of committing appalling human rights violations since the time of the 1992 civil war, Amnesty International is calling for them to be spared the death penalty and for their sentences to be commuted to appropriate terms of imprisonment.

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