Mukhammadi Mukharramov

Additional Name(s): Mohamaddi Rahmatullo, Mohammadi Rahmatullah, Муҳаммадӣ Раҳматуллоҳ, Муҳаррамов Муҳаммад Раҳматуллоевич

Gender: Male

Current Location: Strict Regime Prison No. 3/1, Vahdat District

Perpetrator: Tajikistan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Health Concerns: Swollen legs

Sentence: 8 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: November/2/2022

Date of Sentencing: March/23/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Attending a Religious Gathering or Meeting Discussing Religion & Religious Texts Religious Instruction & Teaching Resisting State-Imposed Religious Systems

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism

Mukhammadi Mukharramov

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Mukhammadi Mukharramov is imprisoned for his religious activity and leadership role.

In 2016, authorities arrested Mukharramov, an imam, and accused him of teaching Salafism, a banned school of Islamic thought. Authorities sentenced him to 8 years' imprisonment and banned him from teaching Islam privately, an activity reserved only for State-appointed imams. In 2021, he was released under amnesty.

In November 2022, police arrested Mukharramov for teaching Islam privately to a group of twelve Muslim men. In March 2023, the Ismoili Somoni District Criminal Court sentenced Mukharramov to 8 years' imprisonment for "organization of an extremist association" (Art. 307-2 TCC) and sentenced the other men to between 7 and 10 years' imprisonment on similar charges. Authorities confined Mukharramov at the Strict Regime Prison No. 3/1 in the Vahdat District.

During his detainment, Mukharramov's swollen leg condition worsened, causing his legs to stop working.

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