4 October 2017 | AI – Amnesty International (Author)
Tajikistan
Dushanbe: Human rights lawyer Buzurgmekhr Yorov is serving 28-year prison sentence on politically motivated grounds; he is allegedly subjected to ill-treatment; Yorov was convicted after defending the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan’s (IRPT) at court
Further Information on Urgent Action: 209/15 [EUR 60/7205/2017] (Appeal or News Release, German)