TAJIK ISLAMIC PARTY LEADER SAYS ARREST OF DEPUTY HEAD WAS MISTAKE
By empty (6/9/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
The head of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), Said Abdullo Nuri, told journalists on 9 June that the recent arrest of the party\'s deputy chairman, Shamsiddin Shamsiddinov, was a mistake. According to Nuri, the warrant used to arrest Shamsiddinov carried the name of another person. Nuri also asserted that a lawyer hired by Shamsiddinov\'s relatives had not been allowed to meet with his client, and that there are unconfirmed reports that Shamsiddinov has twice been beaten in custody.Visit also
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