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. 

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