Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: Unknown + 19 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Association
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Ravshan Ochilov
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Ravshan Ochilov is imprisoned for his religious activity.
Between 2000 and 2001, authorities arrested Ochilov reportedly after accusing him of being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a banned religious organization. The details of his charges, trial, and sentence were unspecified.
In August 2008, the Qashqadaryo Region Court sentenced Ochilov to an additional 19 years in prison. The court reportedly invoked Article 34 UCC to declare him a “recidivist” and lengthen his sentence.
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Additional Name(s): Mukhammadjon Khabibullaevich Ibadullaev
Gender: Male
Current Location: CEP 17, Karaulbazar, Bukhara
Perpetrator: Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: Unknown + 19 Years' Imprisonment
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Unknown
Mukhammadjon Ibadullaev
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Mukhammadjon Ibadullaev is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
Between 2000 and 2003, Ibadullaev, a surgeon, was originally sentenced. The date of arrest, charges, and sentence were unspecified.
In August 2008, the Tashkent City Court sentenced Ibadullaev to an additional 19 years behind bars. Human rights defenders allege that the new sentence was punishment for the peaceful exercise of his religious beliefs while in prison.
Ibadullaev is reportedly being held in CEP 17 in Karaulbazar, Bukhara.
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Additional Name(s): Bakhtiyor Muratovich Sharipov
Gender: Male
Perpetrator: Uzbekistan
Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni
Reports of Torture: No
Reports of Medical Neglect: No
Sentence: 10 Years' Imprisonment + 17 Years' Imprisonment
Date of Sentencing: May/18/2002
Current Status: Not Released
Religious Leader: No
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment
Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity
Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials Treason & Sedition
Bakhtiyor Sharipov
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Bakhtiyor Sharipov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.
On May 18, 2002, the Fergana Region Court sentenced Sharipov to ten years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art. 159 UCC) and an unspecified subsection of Article 244 UCC.
On September 17, 2008, the Navoi Region Court in a prison trial sentenced Sharipov to an additional 17 years in prison for “attempts to overthrow the constitutional order” (Art. 159 UCC) and an unspecified subsection of Article 244 UCC after prison authorities accused of forming an extremist group while in prison. Sharipov reportedly lacked meaningful access to counsel.