Special services put in charge of fight against terrorism in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE. June 20 (Interfax) - According to the amendments to Tajik law On the Fight against Terrorism proposed by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, the Tajik State National Security Committee has been put in charge of the fight against terrorism
The amendments were unanimously approved by the Tajik parliament on Wednesday.
"According to the amendments, the list of persons suspected of terrorism will be made by the State National Security Committee. Their bank accounts and movable and immovable property can only be seized by the State National Security Committee," Tajik prosecutor General Sherkhon Salimzoda told reporters.
Previously, such decisions could be made by the Prosecutor General's Office as well.
"In accordance with the amendments, decisions banning the activities of terrorist organizations on the territory of Tajikistan and seizing their property can be made by the country's Supreme Court at the recommendation of the Prosecutor General's Office," Salimzoda said.
Previously, such bans were imposed by the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General's Office, and at the recommendation of the Interior Ministry.
Muhuddin Kabiri, a parliamentarian and chairman of Tajikistan's main opposition party, the Islamic Revival Party, has lamented that representatives of the parties that now rule Egypt and Tunisia cannot visit Tajikistan because they represent parties and organizations recognized as terrorist in the CIS.
"According to the Tajik legislation, the leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brothers and the leader of the Tunisian Party of Islamic Revival, who have won presidential elections in their countries, cannot visit Tajikistan because the organizations they head are recognized as terrorist in Tajikistan and in the entire CIS," Kabiri said.
Kabiri suggested that the government revise the list of terrorist organizations, which now has 14 organizations and movements, the most well-known being al Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, and the party Hizb-ut-Tahrir.
The Islamic Revival Party is the only legal Islamic party in Central Asia. It received state registered after the 1992-1997 civil war in Tajikistan.