Additional Name(s): Murodjon Tohirjonovich Khayitov

Gender: Male

Current Location: Zaforobod, Jizzakh

Perpetrator: Uzbekistan

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Sunni

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 15 Years' Imprisonment

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Banned Organization Extremism Hate Speech Spreading Propaganda & False or Misleading Ideas, Information, or Materials Terrorism Treason & Sedition

Murodjon Khayitov

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Murodjon Khayitov is imprisoned in relation to his religious belief and activity.

In 2009, authorities arrested Khayitov for peacefully exercising of his religious beliefs.

Later in 2009, the Andijan Region Court sentenced him to 15 years in prison on various criminal statutes, including terrorism (Art. 155 UCC), “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), “preparation or distribution of materials containing a threat to public security or public order” (Art. 244-1 UCC), and "creation, management, and participation in religious extremist, separatist, fundamentalist, or other banned organizations" (Art. 244-2 UCC).

Khayitov has reportedly spent time in CEP 64/51 in Koson, Qashqadaryo, and as of March 2018 has been transferred to a resettlement colony in Zaforobod, Jizzakh.

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