Usman Darvyshov
Additional Name(s): Усмон Дарвишов, Усман Дарвышов
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture: Yes
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 16 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Detainment: February/18/2009
Current Status: Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief
Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism Hate Speech Treason & Sedition
Usman Darvyshov
Extra Bio Info:
Usman Darvyshov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 18, 2009, Uzbek security services detained Darvyshov, a boxing coach at an athletics school and resident of Namangan, after security services accused him of being a religious extremist. He was initially charged with “petty hooliganism” and sentenced him to 15 days’ administrative arrest. Darvyshov was reportedly tortured into confessing.
On an unspecified date, Darvyshov was charged with “incitement of ethnic, racial, or religious hatred” (Art. 156 UCC), “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art. 159 UCC), “organizing a criminal group” (Art. 242 UCC), and "creation, management, and participation in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist, or other banned organizations" (Art. 244-2 UCC).
On an unspecified date, Darvyshov was reportedly sentenced to 16 years in prison following a closed trial that lacked due process.
In 2018, Darvyshov was transferred to an open-air prison resettlement colony after serving nine years in a Qarshi prison.
In September 2022, it was reported that Darvyshov had been released.