Tajikistan: Man sentenced to five and a half years for driving wife to suicide

A man in Tajikistan's Devashtich district has been sentenced to five and a half years in a high-security prison for driving his wife to suicide. The sentence was reduced by nearly two years due to an amnesty law. The court found the 22-year-old guilty of cruel treatment and restricting his wife's rights. Her father disputes the suicide, alleging abuse.

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