Within the country of Tajikistan, human rights violations have been a regular occurrence among the locals due to the refusal of rights from the government, which is not only established by the United Nations but in the constitution of Tajikistan. High rates of unemployment, poverty, and crime also contribute to the injustices.
The human rights of Tajikistan citizens are given limited access to inadequate justice. Many citizens have been denied many, if not all of their rights. There is continuously limited ability to change, due to Emomali Rahmon’s authoritarian regime (containing “elements of a cult of personality, political opponents are repressed, violations of human rights and freedoms are severe, elections are not free and fair, and corruption and nepotism goes rampant.”)Continuous corruption in the government and the systematic abuse of the human rights of its citizens- “restrictions on media, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of worship, as well as restrictions on political opposition, registration/ visa difficulties, violence and discrimination against women, human trafficking(reported to be both a source and a transit point for human trafficking), and child labor”- further slow the progress to a democratic nation and decrease the number of social reforms, allowed in the country.
Chapter 2, Articles 14 to 47 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan- states that the rudimentary rights of the Tajik people, such as the rights to life and judicial protection- rights are infringed upon and disregarded in their everyday lives. For example, prisoners are denied the right to a fair trial, pre-trial detention is extended in spite, court proceedings are controlled by the prosecution, and are victims of mistreatment- they’re reports of torture, threats, and abuse of prisoners and detainees by security forces (as they can act with impunity), prisons are overcrowded, and there are numerous instances of TB and malnutrition. There have been many instances where the Government of Tajikistan has not upheld this constitution and frequently violated it, an example of this is when: the Tajik government passed a law (2013) stating that torture (while in custody) was illegal, yet the UN reports that these acts still occur, or when: Men continue to “participate in physical, mental and sexual abuse against women”- a violation, affecting about a third of the women living in Tajikistan. Another example is the imprisonment of (opposition) leaders/ members, and the persecution of human rights lawyers- “the government has made multiple arrests of activists that oppose the government’s policies and ‘corruption’.”
Humanitarian law (IHL) also referred to as “the law of war” or “the law of armed conflict” alludes to a set of laws, dealing with the armed forces and limiting their effects; its main goal- is to protect “persons whose are not, or are no longer, directly or actively participating in hostilities,” aiming to minimize destruction- ruination, slaughter, massacre, or decimation of a region, leading to unwarranted human torment with increased afflictions paralleled with the increase in warfare. IHL is seen in “Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice,” primarily made up of treaties that define a nation’s level of allowed participation, supervision, regulation, demeanor, and actions taken with other neighboring nations whether- hostile, neutral or an individual party; and their liabilities, influence, and duties (to their people) before, while, and after their engagement in warfare.
Tajik democrats pledge “We will not leave you alone, share a piece of bread with you and fight for victory, standing next to you,” their oath meant to give some hope to the Tajiks of Afghanistan. The Party fully supports proactive actions in the anti-Taliban conjunction/alliances;’ “We, the people of Tajikistan, are deeply saddened by the actions and killings by the Taliban of the people who speak the same language as us, the people of the same nation, who make up the majority of the population of Afghanistan. In recent years, this terrorist group has devastated Tajik lands, houses, cities, and villages. Today, the brutal actions of terrorists have reached the level of genocide, especially in Tajik-speaking regions.”’ The democrats are bamboozled by the UN- international human rights organizations-apparent negative actions (meaning, absent; as in no action)towards the Taliban and ignored response to the DPT’s request “to recognize the Taliban’s actions, against the Tajik and Persian-speaking peoples of Afghanistan, as genocide,” but they do nothing to oppose the dehumanized atrocities (“the Taliban abduct underage girls from their mothers, kill men and rape their wives, and brutalize young people under various pretexts”) and future to complete genocide of the Tajik people; and by omission, at the hands of those who call themselves defenders of democracy.
by: Bella Noah
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