Friday, 25 June 2004

40 TAJIK WORKERS KILLED IN RUSSIA THIS YEAR

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By empty (6/25/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)

The bodies of four Tajik citizens were returned to Tajikistan from Russia on 24 June, reported the next day. Although the Tajik Interior Ministry said that the four men died of natural causes, relatives of one of the deceased told the news agency that the body bore signs of violence. The bodies of 127 Tajik citizens have been returned to Tajikistan from Russia in the first five months of 2004; 40 of them were killed.
The bodies of four Tajik citizens were returned to Tajikistan from Russia on 24 June, reported the next day. Although the Tajik Interior Ministry said that the four men died of natural causes, relatives of one of the deceased told the news agency that the body bore signs of violence. The bodies of 127 Tajik citizens have been returned to Tajikistan from Russia in the first five months of 2004; 40 of them were killed. The bodies of 420 Tajik citizens were repatriated in 2003; according to the news agency, 73 of them were killed. (Asia Plus-Blitz)
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