Shohida Mamadjonova

Gender: Female

Perpetrator: Tajikistan

Ethnic Group: Tajik

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 6 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: February/2/2022

Date of Sentencing: April/7/2022

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions Online Activity

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism

Shohida Mamadjonova

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Shohida Mamadjonova is imprisoned for her religious association.

In February 2022, authorities forcibly disappeared Mamadjonova, the mother of religious freedom advocate Sherzod Mamadjonov, likely as an attempt at coercion by proxy. Her son, Mamadjonov, had been an outspoken critic of the Tajik government's restrictive policies toward Muslims and had been exiled to Germany. Later in February, the Interior Ministry announced it had detained Mamadjonova and charged her with "organizing extremist activities" (Art. 307.3-2 TCC).

In April 2022, the Ismaili Somoni district court sentenced Mamadjonova to 6 years' imprisonment. 

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