pp_directory.uzbekistan
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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryUzbekistan
Age / Sexmale
Occupation—
Arrested inKattakurgan, Samarkand region
Held atpenal colony
CategorySocial media
Statusunknown
Sentence3 years
Uzbekistan · context
101documented cases
24 urgent · 15 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
22
Religious
3
Activism
12
Social Media
12
Case Summary
Dilshod Iskandarov is a social media user who was sentenced to 2.5 years in a penal colony on 26 October 2023. He was convicted by the Kattakurgan District Court in the Samarkand region for an Instagram comment deemed insulting to the president's family. He returned from Russia voluntarily after learning of the criminal case.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Dilshod Iskandarov is a social media user who was sentenced to 2.5 years in a penal colony on 26 October 2023. He was convicted by the Kattakurgan District Court in the Samarkand region for an Instagram comment deemed insulting to the president's family. He returned from Russia voluntarily after learning of the criminal case.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01insulting the president online
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 158 part 3
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedInstagram
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Dilshod Iskandarov (PPW case cmoru6em, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmoru6emh00081vcv89l32ar8. Original data from pp_directory.uzbekistan (https://politicalprisoners.directory/prisoner/dilshod-iskandarov/).
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