Tajik Activist Given Lengthy Prison Sentence

Click to expand Image Asadullo Boboev. © Private A court in Tajikistan has sentenced Asadullo Boboev, an opposition activist deported from Germany in June, to 17 years in jail. Human Rights Watch and other groups previously warned the German authorities that activists like Boboev could face mistreatment and criminal prosecution on politically motivated charges if returned to Tajikistan. Boboev, 54, had lived in Germany with his family since 2017. He was involved in the Reforms and Development of