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

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