Asia-Plus: Муроҷиати писари Зайд Саидов

Asia-Plus (Tajik edition), 15 April 2026. The article reports on a public appeal posted on Facebook by Khayrullo Saidov (Хайрулло Саидов) — son of imprisoned businessman and former Minister of Industry Zayd Saidov (Зайд Саидов) — addressed to Tajik authorities. According to the article, Khayrullo wrote that officials responsible for enforcing a court decision intend to confiscate the family’s last remaining residence in the centre of Dushanbe, in the “Poytakht-80” (Пойтахт-80) residential complex. He stated that 23 people, including 17 young children, live in the flat and would be left without shelter if the confiscation is executed. The article reports his argument that Zayd Saidov’s adult children had their own businesses when the building was constructed and contributed personal funds toward it, and his question whether the law permits confiscation of a convicted person’s property without proof that it was obtained illegally, and whether the property of his wife and children may also be confiscated. The article cites the Supreme Court of Tajikistan (Додгоҳи олии Тоҷикистон) telling Radio Ozodi (Радиои Озодӣ) that the verdict against Zayd Saidov and the confiscation order “long ago entered into legal force” and that enforcement of confiscation is carried out by other responsible bodies. The article notes that enforcement falls to the Enforcement Service (Хадамоти иҷро) and that confiscated assets are transferred to the State Committee for Investments and State Property Management. Background: Zayd Saidov was arrested in 2013 after attempting to found the “New Tajikistan” (Тоҷикистони нав) party, and sentenced to 26 years in prison on charges including abuse of office, polygamy, bribery, document forgery, embezzlement of state funds and tax evasion, with 3 more years added later; the article notes he and human rights organisations consider the case politically motivated.