January 7, 2019
Fayzinisso Vohidova, a prominent Tajik lawyer who was renowned for her preparedness to defend political arrestees and constant criticism of Tajikistan’s authoritarian system, passed away on January 4.
On Facebook, where open criticism of authorities in the Central Asian country is growing rarer and rarer, the outpouring of grief told its own story.
A mother of three, Vohidova was often referred to by her admirers as a “Gurdofarid”, referencing the fearless ancient Persian heroine from the Shahnameh epic Persian poem.
She lost a short battle to pneumonia only a week after celebrating her 55th birthday.
In recent years, Vohidova suffered regular harassment at the hands of Tajik authorities, verbal attacks from regime supporters and a curtailment of her professional activities.
Although she avoided arrest, Vohidova had her license to practise law suspended andcould not leave the country at the time of her death.
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/05/16/tajikistan-travel-ban-rights-lawyer
https://rus.ozodi.org/a/29695917.html (RUSSIAN)
Tagged: CCBE, Human Rights Watch, Tajikistan
IAPL Monitoring Committee on Attacks on Lawyers 
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