Jobir Rahmatulloi Rajab
Jobir Rahmatulloi Rajab has been an IRPT member since 2003. He has served as an IRPT Personnel and Political Training Officer, worked as an election commissioner since 2006, and served as Chairman of the IRPT Election Department since 2007. Elected to the IRPT Political Council and Presidium in 2012, he has been an active member of the organization.
Serves a 28-year term
Charged under Article 187 part 1 (Organization of a criminal association) and part 2 (Participation in a criminal association), 189 part 3 paragraph “a” (incitement of social, racial, national, regional, religious (confessional) enmity or discord committed by an organized group), 307 (Public calls for violent change of the constitutional order of the Republic of Tajikistan), part 3 – committed on the instructions of hostile organizations or representatives of foreign states, 131 part 3 paragraph “a” (Illegal imprisonment committed by an organized group) 309 part 2 paragraph “b” (Preparation of sabotage committed by an organized group), 199 (Stealing of weapons, ammunitions, explosives and explosive mechanisms, part 4 paragraphs “a” – by an organized group, “b” – using violence dangerous for life or health, or along with threat of using such a violence, “c” – using by an individual his official position,195 (Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of weapons, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices) Part 3 – by an organized group, 104 (Murder) part 2 paragraphs “a” – of two or more individuals, “b” – of an individual or his relatives in connection with the performance of official duties, or fulfillment the civil or public duty, “g” – committed in the manner which exposes to danger the lives of other people, “h” – committed by a criminal organization, “i” – with mercenary motive, or by hiring, “l” – with the goal of hiding another crime, or facilitate the commitment of another crime; “m” – on the ground of national, racial, religious, locality hatred or hostility, as well as vendetta; “p” – committed by an especially dangerous recidivist, or by an individual previously convicted of murder, part 3 – 104 (Attempted murder) part 2 paragraphs “a” – of two or more individuals, “b” – of an individual or his relatives in connection with the performance of official duties, or fulfillment the civil or public duty, “g” – committed in the manner which exposes to danger the lives of other people, “h” – committed by a criminal organization, “i” – with mercenary motive, or by hiring, “l” – with the goal of hiding another crime, or facilitate the commitment of another crime; “m” – on the ground of national, racial, religious, locality hatred or hostility, as well as vendetta; “n” – committed by an especially dangerous recidivist, or by an individual previously convicted of murder, 179 (Terrorism) part 3 paragraph “a” – committed by an organized group, 306 (Forcible seizure of power or forcible retention of power), 313 (Armed rebellion), 307 (1) part 1 (Public calls to extremist activity and public justification of extremism), and 307 (1) part 2 (Public calls for extremist activities and public justification of extremism committed through the use of mass media or the Internet) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan.
On June 2, 2016, Rajab, along with 13 other members of the IRP Supreme Political Council, was found guilty and sentenced to a cumulative 28 years of imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony. Additionally, he received a 5-year ban from holding certain positions and working in political parties. According to the verdict, Rajab’s sentence was calculated starting from September 16, 2015.
Prison No. 1 of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe city. In 2021 he was transferred to the colony in Vahdat. In 2019, relatives exchanged correspondence with the colony JAS No. 3/7, located at 50, M. Mirshakar Street, Dushanbe.
While in pre-trial detention at TDF No. 1 of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tajikistan, Rajab was subjected to repeated torture, insults, and pressure by the facility’s staff. While in prison he was beaten on multiple occasions, placed in solitary confinement and denied meetings with his wife. Despite his poor health condition (two strokes) he was denied food or medicine passed by his relatives. Only after his wife went on a hunger strike, she was finally granted a visit. He was also attacked while in prison. In November 2021, Rahmatullo Rajab and another convicted IRPT member, Zubaidulloi Roziq, were placed in solitary confinement for two months after writing to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan.
