Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Tajikistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Date of Detainment: April/4/2024
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Praying
Nature of Charges: Extremism
Mirzoburhan Salmanzoda
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Mirzoburhan Salmanzoda is detained for his independent religious activities.
On April 4, 2024, during Ramadan, authorities in Sughd region arrested Salmanzoda, a congregant of Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in the village of Rumon, for attending services at the same time as a group of minors attended the mosque. Salmanzoda was reportedly charged with extremism.
Related Cases: Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov, Bakhtiyor Akbarov
Sources:
- USCIRF Commissioners Eric Ueland and Nury Turkel, Tweet, April 17, 2024
- "Боздошти имомхатиби як масҷиди Суғд бо ду пайраваш" Radio Ozodi
Additional Name(s): Бахтиёр Акбаров
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Tajikistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Date of Detainment: April/4/2024
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Managing a Religious Institution Religious Activity Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems
Nature of Charges: Extremism
Bakhtiyor Akbarov
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Bakhtiyor Akbarov is detained for his independent religious activities.
On April 4, 2024, during Ramadan, authorities in Sughd region arrested Akbarov, a religious leader of Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in the village of Rumon, for allowing minors to attend mosque and allegedly adhering to and spreading Salafism. Akbarov was reportedly charges with extremism.
Related Cases: Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov, Mirzoburhan Salmanzoda
Sources:
- USCIRF Commissioners Eric Ueland and Nury Turkel, Tweet, April 17, 2024
- "Боздошти имомхатиби як масҷиди Суғд бо ду пайраваш" Radio Ozodi
Additional Name(s): Ихтиёрхӯҷа Камолов
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Tajikistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Date of Detainment: April/4/2024
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: Yes
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Reason for Persecution: Managing a Religious Institution Religious Activity Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems
Nature of Charges: Extremism
Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov
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Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov is detained for his independent religious activities.
On April 4, 2024, during Ramadan, authorities in Sughd region arrested Ikhtiyorhoja Kamolov, the imam of Khoja Muhammad Balodurkun mosque in the village of Rumon, for allowing minors to attend mosque and allegedly adhering to and spreading Salafism. Kamolov was reportedly charged with extremism.
Related Cases: Bakhtiyor Akbarov, Mirzoburhan Salmanzoda
Sources:
- USCIRF Commissioners Eric Ueland and Nury Turkel, Tweet, April 17, 2024
- "Боздошти имомхатиби як масҷиди Суғд бо ду пайраваш" Radio Ozodi