Freedom For Eurasia: Return from Germany torture death

Freedom For Eurasia statement published 14 October 2025. The article reports on the death of 29-year-old Tajik citizen Rahmonov Saidazam following his return from Germany. The report states that Rahmonov arrived in Germany in 2018, applied for asylum in 2022, and was married to a German citizen; German immigration officials rejected his warnings that return was unsafe and required him to travel to Tajikistan to obtain a visa through the German embassy. The document reports that four months before publication Rahmonov returned to Tajikistan to submit documents, and on 6 October, while attempting to travel to Russia for a friend’s wedding, was detained at Dushanbe airport by officers of the Tajik State Committee for National Security and taken to an unknown location. Authorities later stated he committed suicide on 13 October. The article finds that according to a relative who spoke with Radio Free Europe on condition of anonymity, the body showed signs of torture including “traces of electric shocks, bruises, and a broken leg,” and that security officers prevented relatives from recording during the burial. The report states that his German wife wrote to the German Embassy in Dushanbe and the Tajik Embassy in Berlin but received no response by 13 October. The document calls for an independent investigation and criticises Germany’s continued reliance on diplomatic assurances. Internal sources cited include RFE/RL reporting, the widow’s testimony, and an anonymous relative.