Jul 12

WHEN:

Jul 12th 8:30am

USCIRF Commissioner Tenzin Dorjee testified at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing: "Tibet: Freedom of Religion."

View the recording here.

Oct 11

WHEN:

Oct 11th 10:00am

USCIRF Vice Chair Kristina Arriaga testified at the National Security Subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing: Review of the U.S. Government’s Role in Protecting International Religious Freedom.

View the recording here.

Additional Name(s): Usmanov Abdulhannon Burhonovich, Domullo Abdulhannon, Abdulhannon Mannonov,Домулло Абдулҳаннон

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Tajikistan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Sentencing: April//2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Online Activity Praying Religious Association Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism

Abdulhannon Usmonov

Extra Bio Info:

Abdulhannon Usmonov is imprisoned for his religious activity and association.

In January 2023, authorities from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Khatlon region arrested Abdulhannon Usmonov for disrupting music and dancing at his nephew's wedding ceremony, behavior that Usmonov considered haram (forbidden) in Islam. During the investigation, authorities accused him of watching and distributing banned Salafi materials online, leading prayers in the Salafi style, and obstructing his daughter's education.

In April 2023, a Khatlon region court sentenced Usmonov to 6 years' imprisonment for "participating in the activity of religious organizations banned by a court for extremist activity" (Art. 307-3-2 TCC) and "impeding a principal compulsory common education" (Art. 164 TCC). 

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