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Amanollah Balochi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 19, 2015, authorities arrested Balochi, a Sunni cleric, on his way home from…
Abdolrahim Kouhi is imprisoned and sentenced to death for his religious belief and activity.
On November 20, 2015, authorities arrested Kouhi, a Sunni cleric, from his home. Kouhi…
Ruhiddin Fahriddinov was imprisoned for his religious activity.
In November 2005, Kazakh authorities detained and deported Fahriddinov, a scholar and independent imam, to Uzbekistan.…
Emir-Usein Kuku is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On February 11, 2016, authorities arrested Kuku, a member of the Crimean Human Rights Contact Group, following a raid on…
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…
Fayzulla Agzamov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 2001, authorities arrested Agzamov and charged him with “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order…
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…
Umar Badalov is detained for his religious activity.
On March 4, 1999, authorities arrested Badalov, a migrant worker and resident of Tashkent and pious Muslim, in the wave of arrests…
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…
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 Kasymov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On October 10, 2019, authorities arrested Kasymov for allegedly downloading “extremist sermons” and other…
Shakhzodjon Zokirov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On October 8, 2019, authorities arrested Zokirov for allegedly downloading “extremist sermons” and other…
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…
Bakhtiyor Tursunov is imprisoned for discussing his religion on social media.
On September 5, 2019, authorities detained Tursunov and charged him on various criminal statutes, including…
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. …
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.…
Akrom Kamolovich Zokirov is imprisoned for his religious identity and activity.
In 2000, the Margilon City Court sentenced Zokirov to 20 years in prison on unspecified charges.
In…
Mukhitdin Irgashev is imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.
On April 1, 2015, officers arrested Irgashev, along with his son in Bukhara, charging them first with…
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…
Ibrohim Asronkulov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
In 1998, the Altyarikskim District Court in the Fergana region sentenced Asronkulov for "illegal…
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…
Khasan Abdirakhimov is in a labor camp for his independent religious activity.
On November 22, 2021, police took into custody Abdirakhimov. Abdirakhimov had originally been sentenced in…
Abdul Majeed Al-Arkani is imprisoned for his religious activity and expression.
In 2020, authorities arrested Al-Arkani, an imam, for being friendly with a prominent Turkish figure, Yasin…
Vadim Bektemirov is imprisoned for his alleged religious activity.
On July 7, 2020, authorities in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine, detained Bektemirov among others after searching…
Farrukh Makhkamov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …
Shahboz Makhmudov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
On November 18, 2019, Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in Tyumen arrested ten Muslims, including …
Bahram Saparov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
In March 2013, authorities arrested Saparov after he was accused of being "…
Muhsinjon Ahmedov is detained for his religious activity.
On October 20, 2023, French authorities again detained Ahmedov, this time keeping him in a deportation center before…