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Raif Badawi was imprisoned for his religious freedom advoacy, expression about religion, and for criticizing religious authorities.
In June 2012, authorities arrested Badawi, a…
Ilgar Aliyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 19/20, 2017, armed forces arrested Aliyev in Izberbash, accusing Aliyev of holding classes…
Komil Odilov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In December 2015, authorities arrested Odilov, an imam, alongside several others in cafe in Novosibirsk. …
Renat Suleimanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On October 2, 2017, authorities arrested Suleimanov following a raid on his home in Molodezhnoe, Crimea.…
Ruhiddin Fahriddinov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2005, Kazakh authorities detained and deported Fahriddinov, a scholar and independent imam, to Uzbekistan.…
Bakhtiar Arefi was imprisoned for his religious association and activity.
On January 25, 2015, authorities arrested Arefi, a teacher. A month later, he was released on bail.…
Javad Karimzaei was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On August 8, 2019, intelligence officers reportedly arrested Karimzaei, a student at the Shorshadi religious…
Bolatbek Dyusenbekovich Nurgaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Nurgaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat…
Ernar Samatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Samatov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Beket Mynbasov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Mynbasov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…
Bekzod Bakirov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Bakirov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate people to…
Akhmet Dzhumayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Dzhumayev after accusing him of organizing a meeting…
Islambek Kamchybekov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Kamchybekov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to…
Shakir Kozhamkulov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Kozhamkulov after accusing him of organizing a…
Gazybek Kubatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Kubatov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…
Zufar Mustafin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 17, 2017, authorities arrested Mustafin after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…
Kanybek Uulu was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On December 22, 2016, authorities arrested Uulu after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…
Airat Usmanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On January 17, 2017, authorities arrested Usmanov after accusing him of organizing a meeting to indoctrinate…
Azamat Abutalipov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2017, Ufa’s October District Court sentenced Abutalipov to a suspended sentence for extremism…
Ziyavdin Dapayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2016, authorities arrested Dapayev for reading religious writings of theologian Said Nursi and…
Artur Kaltuyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 7, 2017, the Lenin District Court in Makhachkala sentenced Kaltuyev to three years in prison for…
Sukhrab Kaltuyev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 14, 2016, authorities arrested Kaltuyev for reading religious writings of theologian Said…
Marat Dindarov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Dindarov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Arsen Dzhepparov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Dzhepparov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir…
Ramil Gataullin was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In March 2016, authorities arrested Gataullin after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Rishat Girfanov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Girfanov after accusing him of being a member of the …
Azizbek Inamov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On November 7, 2012, authorities arrested Inamov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb ut-…
Danil Kunakbayev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Kunakbayev after accusing him of being a member of the banned…
Rustem Latypov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On February 4, 2015, authorities arrested Latypov, the head of the human rights organization Center for the…
Denis Zagitdinov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On September 30, 2015, authorities arrested Zagitdinov after accusing him of being a member of the …
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…
Tohir Djumanov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On August 6, 1999, authorities arrested Djumanov in Tashkent after accusing him of distributing Hizb ut-Tahrir literature.
…Ravshan Kosimov was imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
In 2008, security services arrested Kosimov, a soldier who studied on an exchange program at the U.S. military…
Avaz Tokhtakhodjaev was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 26, 1999, security service agents arrested Tokhtakhodjaev, an economist, from his home in Tashkent…
Nematullo Ibragimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Ibragimov, a resident of Namangan, after accusing him of being a “Wahhabi” due…
Muhammad Abdukarimovich Rashidov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2018, authorities arrested Rashidov, a Tashkent resident, reportedly for…
Sanat Salimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On an unspecified date, police from the Navoi Department of Internal Affairs Division of Terrorism and Extremism…
Jahongir Kamolov was imprisoned for an alleged religious affiliation.
On May 18, 2000, police arrested Kamolov in Tashkent for allegedly being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir. He was reportedly…
Ibrohim Kholmatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2000, authorities arrested Kholmatov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art.…
Alisher Muminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 26, 2016, authorities arrested Muminov, a resident of Margilon, in Tashkent and charged him with “attempts to overthrow…
Ubaydulla Murtazoyev was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Murtazoyev for allegedly storing with the purpose of distributing…
Azimjon Abdusamatov was imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
Between August and October 2019, authorities originally arrested Abdusamatov alongside seven others for…
Iskandar Iskandarov was imprisoned for gathering to discuss his religion.
In January 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Iskandarov for meeting with others to talk about Islam. …
Akbar Absalov was imprisoned for gathering to discuss his religion.
In January 2020, authorities reportedly arrested Absalov for meeting with others to talk about Islam. Prosecutors…
Farrukh Yuldashev was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 2000, authorities arrested Yuldashev during waves of arrests of Muslims following the February 1999 Tashkent bombings.…
Muhamadjon Akhmadjonov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On May 20, 2017, Akhmadjonov was sentenced to 13 years in prison for “resistance to a government…
Ravshan Karimov was imprisoned for an alleged religious affiliation.
On May 22, 2000, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Karimov to 13 years in prison on various criminal statutes,…
Jamshidbek Iboydullaevich Atabekov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 30, 1998, the Jizzakh City Court convicted Atabekov of "illegal production, purchase, storage, and…
Shamsiddin Giyasov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On January 4, 2002, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Giyasov to six years and six months in prison for “…
Rustam Nosirov was imprisoned in relation to his religious appearance.
On September 30, 1998, the Chinaz District Court sentenced Nosirov to two years in prison for "intentional infliction…
Zabikhullo Muminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In 1999, authorities arrested Muminov following the aftermath of the Tashkent bombings. His family reported that police…
Mohammed al-Rabiah is imprisoned for his activism against state imposed religious systems.
On May 15, 2018, authorities arrested al-Rabiah amid a statewide crackdown on women's rights…
Erkinjon Oripov was imprisoned in relation to his religious activity.
On August 8, 2000, the Tashkent’s Shaykhontakhur District Court sentenced Oripov to nine years in prison for “…
Mukhiddin Jalolov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On an unspecified date, authorities arrested Jalolov amid mass arrests of Muslims following the …
Otabek Madaminov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 5, 1999, the Shakhrikhan District Court in the Andijan region sentenced Madaminov to 12 years and six months in…
Sardorbek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
For several years prior to their arrest, Irgashev, his father, Mukhitdin Irgashev, and his brother, Otabek…
Otabek Irgashev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 1, 2015, officers arrested Irgashev and his father in Bukhara, charging them first with administrative…
Kadyr Yusupov was mistreated in prison for fighting for prisoner religious freedom rights and his religious activity.
In or around December 2018, authorities arrested Yusupov, who…
Turnazar Boymatov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On March 27, 2000, a Surkhandaryo Region Court sentenced Boymatov to nine years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…
Mashrap Rabiev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On May 20, 2003, a court in the Surkhandaryo region sentenced Rabiev to nine years for “attempts to…
Shukhrat Usmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On May 21, 1999, the Tashkent Region Court sentenced Usmanov to 12 years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…
Umid Boltaboev was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
Between 2000 and 2001, authorities arrested Boltaboev on charges related to his religious belief. The details of his…
Umar Nishonbaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000/2001, authorities arrested Nishonbaev reportedly in relation to his religious belief and activity.…
Jamoliddin Khaidarov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000/2001, Khaidarov was initially imprisoned. The date of his arrest, charges, and details of his…
Dilmurod Tuleev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000/2001, Tuleev was imprisoned on religiously motivated charges. His date of arrest, charges, and…
Ismon Usinbaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
The charges and details of his original sentence are unknown.
In August 2008, the Fergana…
Ikromjon Akhmajonov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2004, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Akhmajonov to 11 years in prison for “attempts to…
Azizjon Bannopov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2001, the Margilon City Court sentenced Bannopov to nine years in prison for “attempts to…
Odilkhoja Dadakhojaev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000, the Margilon City Court sentenced Dadakhojaev to six years in prison for "attempts to…
Kobiljon Zokirov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2000, the Andijan City Court sentenced Zokirov to 17 years in prison on several criminal statutes…
Husnitdin Umaraliev was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In July 1999, authorities arrested Umaraliev when he filed a report with the military prosecutor'…
Avazjon Umurzakov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On March 25, 1999, Umurzakov was detained under unknown circumstances.
On August 5,…
Ahmadjon Madumarov was imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On February 16, 2003, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Madumarov to 11 years in prison for “…
Ulugbek Nasimov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In May 2005, the Samarkand Region Court sentenced Nasimov to five years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the…
Shavkat Khakimov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
In 2004, the Urgut District Court sentenced Khakimov to seven years in prison “attempts to overthrow the…
Nazim Abdrakhmanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Abdrakhmanov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam…
Samat Adilov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Adilov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.
On…
Zhasulan Iskakov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Iskakov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Esim Suleimenov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Suleimenov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about Islam.…
Azamat Umbetaliyev was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Umbetaliyev for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…
Zhuldyzbek Taurbekov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On October 27, 2018, authorities arrested Taurbekov for participating in a WhatsApp group chat about…
Dilmurat Sultanmuratovich Makhamatov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On December 19, 2018, Kazakh authorities arrested Makhamatov after reportedly forcing…
Galymzhan Abilkairov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Abilkairov reportedly following an investigation into sermons he…
Abdukhalil Abduzhabbarov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On February 18, 2017, Kazakh authorities arrested Abduzhabbarov, an imam, after extraditing him from Saudi…
Nariman Seytzhanov was imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
On January 15, 2017, authorities arrested Seytzhanov reportedly over a meeting he had in a coffeeshop in…
Refat Alimov was imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On April 18, 2016, authorities arrested Alimov after accusing him of being a member of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization…
Ibrahim Shavkatov was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On March 22, 2016, authorities arrested Shavkatov after accusing him of being a member of the banned Hizb…
Dadash Mazhenov was imprisoned for posting online religious content.
On April 23, 2018, authorities arrested Mazhenov in relation to posts he made online containing religious sermons in 2015…
Bobirjon Tukhtamurodov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
On April 11, 2022, Uzbek authorities arrested Tukhtamurodov at Tashkent airport after he arrived from Russia. …
Ilmir Abdullin was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Abdullin, after raiding their homes and…
Nikolay Nesterovich was detained for his religious belief and activity.
On October 5, 2021, authorities in Moscow arrested six men, including Nesterovich, after raiding their homes…
Jahongir Ulugmurodov was imprisoned for his religious activities.
On an unspecified date, authorities detained Ulugmurodov for downloading and sharing a religious song with some classmates…
Assad bin Nasser al-Ghamdi was sentenced on religious-based charges related to social media activity criticizing the Saudi government, including the authorities’ sidelining of the Saudi religious…