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Nematullo Ibragimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.

On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ibragimov, a resident of Namangan, after accusing him of being a “Wahhabi” due to his religious practice.

In 1998, Ibragimov was reportedly sentenced to an unspecified prison length on various charges, including “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art. 159 UCC), “organizing a criminal group” (Art. 242 UCC), and "illegal possession of arms, ammunition, explosive substances, or explosive assemblies" (Art. 248 UCC).

In 2004, Ibragimov was released under amnesty.

On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ibragimov again following the May 2005 Andijan massacre in another wave of mass arrests of suspected “extremists."

On an unspecified date, Ibragimov was sentenced to six years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art. 159 UCC),“preparation or distribution of materials containing a threat to public security or public order” (Art. 244-1 UCC), and "creation, management, and participation in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist, or other banned organizations" (Art. 244-2 UCC).

In 2011, just one month prior to his release, officials sentenced Ibragimov to an additional ten years in prison for  “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art. 159 UCC),“preparation or distribution of materials containing a threat to public security or public order” (Art. 244-1 UCC), and "creation, management, and participation in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist, or other banned organizations" (Art. 244-2 UCC).

Ibragimov has reportedly been tortured in several of the prisons where he served his sentences. Ibragimov's trials were reportedly filled with serious due process violations.

Ibragimov has served time in prisons 64/29 in Navoi, 64/1 Zangiota, 64/33 Qarshi, 64/25 Karaulbazar, Bukhara, and in Zarafshan.

In 2020, Ibragimov was released from prison under unspecified circumstances.

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Umar Badalov is detained for his religious activity.

On March 4, 1999, authorities arrested Badalov, a migrant worker and resident of Tashkent and pious Muslim, in the wave of arrests following the February 1999 Tashkent bombings.

On August 6, 1999, the Jizzakh region court sentenced Badalov to 17 years in prison for "preparation or distribution of materials containing a threat to public security or public order” (Art. 244-1 UCC) and other religious extremism-related charges. During his pre-trial detention, security services personnel brutally tortured him, pulling off fingernails and toenails.

In 2003, Badalov was released under an amnesty.

On January 19, 2017, authorities arrested Badalov on his return to Tashkent International Airport for allegedly being involved in religious extremism.

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Avaz Tokhtakhodjaev was imprisoned for his religious activity. 

On November 26, 1999, security service agents arrested Tokhtakhodjaev, an economist, from his home in Tashkent after suspecting he was a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Authorities also conducted a search of his home without a warrant. Tokhtakhodjaev was reportedly charged with several crime including “incitement of ethnic, racial, or religious hatred” (Art. 156 UCC), “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art. 159 UCC), “illegal formation of public associations or religious organizations” (Art. 216 UCC), “preparation or distribution of materials containing a threat to public security or public order” (Art. 244-1 UCC), "creation, management, and participation in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist, or other banned organizations" (Art. 244-2 UCC), and "smuggling, that is carriage through the customs border...materials that propagandize religious extremism, separatism, and fundamentalism" (Art. 246 UCC). Security service officers reportedly subjected Tokhtakhodjaev to extensive torture to secure a false confession.

In March 2000, the Tashkent region court sentenced him to 13 years in prison.

Using various false pretexts, prison authorities have arbitrarily extended Tokhtakhodjaev’s sentence five times (in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2013), adding more than 12 years to his original sentence and rendering him ineligible for release under amnesty.

Tokhtakhodjaev has served time in prisons in Navoi, Andijan, and Bukhara and has suffered numerous health ailments including a stroke in August 2018.

On March 7, 2022, Tokhtakhodjaev was released from prison under amnesty.