Criminal Court jailed prisoner

On 27 November 2020, Tashkent’s Uchteppa District Criminal Court jailed prisoner of conscience Tulkun Tashmuradovich Astanov (born 25 April 1971) for five years for defending Muslims’ freedom of religion and belief. In 2021, officials of Bukhara Region Prison No. 1 repeatedly tortured Astanov, in June for praying the namaz (Muslim daily prayer), and in October also. As a result his health seriously deteriorated. The regime tries to stop its Muslim prisoners from praying the namaz, and frequently tortures those who do meet other Muslims for prayer. If prison authorities detect groups of Muslims praying together, they will be put in punishment cells for several days, Muslims who Forum 18 ดูหนัง24