Deportation of Tajik Activist From Germany Raises Concerns

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Supporters of Tajik activist Abdullohi Shamsiddin, in Dortmund, Germany, hold posters asking where Shamsiddin is, calling for his return to Germany, and for people not to be deported, but allowed to stay and work. © 2023 Cornelia Suhan It’s been two months since Abdullohi Shamsiddin, a Tajik opposition activist living in Germany, was deported by German authorities to Tajikistan. Since being put on a plane on January 18 and arriving in Dushanbe, the Tajik capital, his exact whereabouts are not known, though reports indicate he is in jail in the capital. There is serious…

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