Abdurakhmon Tashanov, chairman of the human rights society Ezgulik, has alleged persecution of the organization’s activist Javokhir Muminov, who was arrested in the Kashkadarya region on charges of extortion. Tashanov reported this on his Telegram channel on June 8. According to Tashanov, the criminal case is linked to Muminov’s work defending Jura Akbarov, a resident …
The Pastdargom District Court of the Samarkand region has sanctioned the arrest of blogger Sirojiddin Adilov. He is suspected of committing crimes under Articles 168 (fraud) and 211 (giving a bribe) through Article 28 of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan. The Samarkand Regional Department of Internal Affairs had earlier reported the opening of a criminal …
On January 17, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan published a detailed official statement accusing a group of individuals linked to the online outlet Taftish.uz of systematic criminal activity. The ministry claims that, under the guise of journalistic work, the individuals engaged in extortion, fraud, and the dissemination of defamatory materials, and that the …
Sanjar Karimov, also known as Real Sanjik, has been taken into custody. He is accused under two criminal articles, and internet users link his arrest to the seizure of a house from a Tashkent resident. Karimov is often referred to as a car blogger, while only the inactive company Finans Invest has been mentioned in …