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Tadjikistan

OSCE Helps Tajikistan Destroy Over 1,100 Firearms

9 January 2014

Times of Central Asia

DUSHANBE – On Wednesday January 8, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan began overseeing the destruction of more than a thousand of small arms and light weapons units, including firearms collected from the local population and arms found in caches across various regions of Tajikistan. According to the OSCE Office, the operation is taking place at the Tajik Interior Ministry's Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Storage and Destruction Facility. The OSCE provided special... (GunPolicy.org)

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Tadjikistan

North Tajikistan Police Seize Almost 200 Guns This Year

30 October 2013

Central Asia Online

SUGHD, Tajikistan – Police in Sughd Oblast have seized 196 firearms this year, Avesta.tj reported October 30, citing the Sughd Oblast police press office. Officers seized some of the weapons for lack of firearm permits and others during crime-fighting operations, the police said. Most of the weapons are hunting rifles, police added. During the same period last year, Sughd Oblast police confiscated 244... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : Central Asia Online

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Tadjikistan,Afghanistan,Kirghizistan

Kyrgyzstan Officials Alarmed by Small Arms Proliferation

15 June 2012

Eurasianet.org (EU/Asia)

A spokesman at Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry has acknowledged that only about half of the small arms that went missing during the country's 2010 political and ethnic violence have been accounted for. The "huge number" of weapons floating about is "enough to carry out another revolution in the country," believes the chairman of parliament's defense and security committee. Bishkek's 24.kg news agency reported this week that security forces lost about 1,200 small arms... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : Eurasianet.org (EU/Asia)

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Kirghizistan,Afghanistan,Tadjikistan

Kyrgyzstan Still Awash with Firearms, Guns Feature in Political Struggles

9 June 2011

Eurasianet.org (European Union - Asia) / Eagle-Tribune (Massachusetts)

One year after ethnic violence rocked southern Kyrgyzstan, leaving over 400 dead, gunshot wounds have been established as the main cause of death. Activists believe the country is still awash with firearms, and security experts say weapons are likely to keep featuring in domestic political struggles, especially as officials seek support from gun-toting associates or even arm themselves. During the violent overthrow of Kurmanbek Bakiyev in April 2010, protestors seized... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : Eurasianet.org (European Union - Asia) / Eagle-Tribune (Massachusetts)

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Tadjikistan

Police Seize 186 Illegal Firearms Since January in Northern Tajikistan

12 September 2009

Asia-Plus Online (Dushanbe)

KHUJAND — A total of 186 firearms have been seized in (northern) Sughd Region since the beginning of this year. The regional interior department told the Asia-Plus news agency that 180 pieces of firearms were seized during the same period of the last year. The source said that the weapons were seized from illegal circulation by police officers and voluntarily handed over by the residents of northern Tajikistan. "The seized weapons include two assault rifles, one... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : Asia-Plus Online (Dushanbe)

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Arménie,Bélarus,Kazakhstan,Kirghizistan,Russie,Tadjikistan,Ouzbékistan

Belarus Ratifies CIS Accord on Illegal Gun, Ammunition Trade

30 May 2009

BBC Worldwide Monitoring / Belapan (Minsk), Transcript

MINSK — Belarusian MPs have agreed to ratify the agreement on cooperation between the CIS member-states in counteracting illegal production and sales of firearms, ammunition, explosive substances and devices. Belarusian Deputy Interior Minister Syarhey Hureyew said that the agreement was signed on 14 November 2008 in Chisinau by Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to ensure effective joint struggle against crime, including... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : BBC Worldwide Monitoring / Belapan (Minsk)

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Afghanistan,Tadjikistan

Central Asia's Guns-for-drugs Trade Helps Arm Insurgents Worldwide

7 July 2008

Rome News-Tribune (Georgia) / McClatchy-Tribune News Service

BADAKHSHAN, Afghanistan — The bazaar sits on a small island in the middle of the Panj River, the shallow waterway that serves as the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. On either side loom the Pamir Mountains, a range of high peaks that cuts the region off from the rest of the world. When the bazaar first opened five years ago, people on both sides of the border cheered the opportunity for commerce to flourish between the two countries. And flourish it has:... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : Rome News-Tribune (Georgia) / McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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Arménie,Azerbaïdjan,Bélarus,Géorgie,Kazakhstan,Kirghizistan,Moldova,Russie,Tadjikistan,Ukraine,Ouzbékistan

Former Soviet States Plan Database of Gun Runners, Illicit Arms Dealers

11 April 2008

BBC Worldwide Monitoring / Interfax, Transcript

A joint CIS database of transnational criminal groups involved in illegal arms trafficking will be created, the press service of the Minsk-based CIS Executive Committee has told Interfax. "This is stipulated by a draft agreement on cooperation in combating the illegal manufacturing and sale of firearms, ammunition, explosives and explosive devices, which has been discussed by the committee's expert group," the press service said. Chief of the committee's anti-crime... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : BBC Worldwide Monitoring / Interfax

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Tadjikistan

Tajikistan Reports Over 200 Guns Seized in Tajik North in First Half of 2007

22 July 2007

BBC Worldwide Monitoring / Asia Plus News, Transcript

Internal affairs officers in [northern] Sughd Region have confiscated 205 firearms from local residents in the first half of this year. A source in the regional internal affairs directorate told Asia-Plus that the figure was less by 10 compared to the same period of 2006 (215). The source said that among 205 firearms there were three assault rifles, six pistols, nine rifled-barrel guns and 187 smooth-bore guns. "Furthermore, six hand grenades and 2,015 various... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : BBC Worldwide Monitoring / Asia Plus News

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Asie centrale,Kirghizistan,Afghanistan,Ouzbékistan,Kazakhstan,Tadjikistan

New Report Shoots Down Assumptions About Arms Proliferation

27 February 2004

Radio Free Europe (Czech Republic)

PRAGUE — A new report counters preconceptions that Central Asia is a "hotbed of gun proliferation and misuse." The study uses Kyrgyzstan as a case study and finds that, despite suffering from socio-economic problems and ethnic tensions, there is little evidence that this has led to increasing violence and gun proliferation. "Some states are better than others at controlling small arms. But they are nonetheless vulnerable in key issues such as border control. The... (GunPolicy.org)

Lire l'article complet : Radio Free Europe (Czech Republic)

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