Komilov, Jannatulloh

Gender: .
State of concern: .
Category of exile: . (Definitions here.)
Alleged affiliation: Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT).

Hi is an IRPT activist now based in Germany ( Human Rights Watch, 2017).


Which stages experienced: Stage 1   not Stage 2   not Stage 3. (Definitions here.)
Date of most serious incident: 2017.

Stage 1 details (accusations/ charges/ Interpol notice/ extradition requests):

On July 7, 2017, police and security services officers in Sebiston, a village in Tajikistan’s southern Dangara district, went to the home of the parents of Jannatulloh Komilov. The officers berated Komilov’s elderly mother, Saima Kulova, for her son’s opposition activities, and questioned and intimidated his brothers, Zubaidulloh and Ubaidulloh Komilov. The officials threatened to confiscate the family’s home and adjoining land unless Jannatulloh Komilov ceases his participation in opposition activities abroad. Two days later, officials returned, detaining Komilov’s father-in-law, Zubaidulloh Atovulloev, overnight ( Human Rights Watch, 2017).


Countries of transit, asylum and/or residence: .

Legal status (refugee/ asylum seeker/ resident):

He is currently living in exile in Germany ( Human Rights Watch, 2017).


Press sources:

Human Rights Watch (2017). 'Tajikistan: Stop Persecuting Opposition Families'. July 18, 2017. [Online]. Available at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/18/tajikistan-stop-persecuting-opposition-families