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Tajik Oppositionist Charges Poisoning

August 29, 2006

Rahmatullo Zoirov at a press conference in 2005 (RFE/RL)

Rahmatullo Zoirov at a press conference in 2005 (RFE/RL)

August 29, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The leader of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (HSDT) today claimed to have been the target of a poisoning attempt, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.


Addressing a news briefing in Dushanbe, Rahmatullo Zoirov said tests he recently received in Switzerland and Russia testify to the presence of unspecified toxins in his blood and urine.


Zoirov provided no further details, saying only that he does not know who may have wanted to poison him. 


The HSDT leader returned last week to Tajikistan after spending about a month abroad, officially to undergo medical checkups.


Zoirov is widely expected to be nominated as a candidate for the November presidential election when his party holds its congress on September 17.


Tajik political analysts believe Zoirov could pose a serious challenge to President Imomali Rahkmonov if the latter decides to run for a third term.

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