Радио Озоди: В Таджикистане началась конфискация имущества политиков по делу о госперевороте

The article, published by Радио Озоди (Radio Ozodi) on 17 April 2025, reports the start of property confiscation targeting Tajik politicians convicted in the “coup case.” Article reports, citing relatives, that authorities began seizing property after sentences took effect, with some families warned to vacate homes and planning to appeal. Article reports the ancestral home of Саидджафар Усмонзода (Saidjafar Usmonzoda), former chair of the Democratic Party and ex-MP, was confiscated in Farkhor district; his Dushanbe apartment, registered to his wife, remained untouched. On 16 April, according to the article, Radio Ozodi journalists visited but relatives declined comment, stating the apartment “is not subject to confiscation.” In Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district the house of former foreign minister Хамрохон Зарифи (Hamrohon Zarifi) was confiscated; neighbours told journalists that on 14 April authorities notified the family and demanded they vacate; the locks had been changed and residents had left. Article reports confiscation also affected Акбаршо Искандаров (Akbarsho Iskandarov), former Supreme Council chair and acting president in the early 1990s; on 15 April relatives were ordered to vacate within two days and one relative said the house in fact belongs to Iskandarov’s nephew and the family intends to appeal. Two vehicles of Iskandarov are to be confiscated under court order. The apartment of Ахмадшо Комилзода (Ahmadsho Komilzoda), former deputy chair of the Democratic Party, on Dushanbe’s outskirts, was reported empty; relatives had been given three days to leave on 14 April. Article reports Шокирджон Хакимов (Shokirjon Khakimov), deputy chair of the Social Democratic Party, avoided confiscation because his family owned only single housing; journalist Рухшона Хакимова (Rukhshona Hakimova) rented and had no property, but around 230,000 somoni in her bank account was frozen. Article reports no information on confiscation of property of Абдулфайз Атои (Abdulfayz Atoi), Нурамин Ганизода (Nuramin Ganizoda) or Джамшед Боев (Jamshed Boev). Article recalls the February 2025 sentences (8–27 years) and the 2 April 2025 Supreme Court upholding of verdicts. Sources cited: relatives of convicted, neighbours, Radio Ozodi reporting.