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Monday, 29 March 2004
TAJIK OPPOSITION PARTY\'S REGISTRATION REJECTED
By empty (3/29/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajikistan\'s Justice Ministry turned down the opposition Taraqqiyot Party\'s application for registration on 29 March. According to the Justice Ministry, 11 of the 1,173 people listed as party supporters have denied involvement with the party. Taraqqiyot Chairman Sulton Quvvatov told the Avesta website on 29 March that party members were \"illegally detained and even tortured\" to force them to renounce their party affiliation.
Tajikistan\'s Justice Ministry turned down the opposition Taraqqiyot Party\'s application for registration on 29 March. According to the Justice Ministry, 11 of the 1,173 people listed as party supporters have denied involvement with the party. Taraqqiyot Chairman Sulton Quvvatov told the Avesta website on 29 March that party members were \"illegally detained and even tortured\" to force them to renounce their party affiliation. Quvvotav vowed to file an appeal with Tajikistan\'s Supreme Court. If that is unsuccessful, he said, Taraqqiyot will take its case to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. (RIA-Novosti)