Date Type Case No Country TJK 2/2015 17/02/2015 Tajikistan JUA Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; 02/04/2015 Alleged arbitrary detention, prosecution and sentencing of a human rights lawyer. According to the information received, on 21 July 2014, Mr. Shukhrat Kudratov, a human rights lawyer, working at the news agency Asia-Plus, and serving as Deputy Director of the opposition Social-Democratic Party in Tajikistan, was arrested, detained and charged with three criminal offences. On 13 January 2015, Mr. Kudratov was convicted of fraud and bribery, and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony by the Dushanbe City Court. Reportedly, he was detained for his human rights and legal work, including the legal representation of a former Government Minister and issuance of a public letter highlighting human rights violations in the former Minister’s case and denouncing the persecution of the Minister’s legal representatives. Mr. Shukhrat Kudratov was the subject of a previous communication sent on 3 November 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. TJK 5/2014. A/HRC/29/50 61