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Prisoner Release – 1999

A June 17 Protocol signed by Rakhmonov and Nuri called for the release of 47 UTO supporters who were imprisoned. Rakhmonov granted 40 of the prisoners amnesty, but they were not released. Of the other seven, it was reported that two were killed in prison, two died of illness in prison and three were denied amnesty.¹ The UTO submitted an additional list of war prisoners being held in government prisons. According to the U.S. State Department Human Rights Practice Report, by November of 1999, the government had released all UTO prisoners on the list. The government accepted the UTO’s claim that it had released all war prisoners.²

1. “Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Tajikistan,” United Nations (S/1999/1127), November 4, 1999.
2. “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices- 2000- Tajikistan,” U.S. State Department, 2001, accessed August 6, 2012.