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Uzbekistan · HRW
01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryUzbekistan
Age / Sexfemale
OccupationTeacher
Arrested in—
Held at—
CategoryOther
Statusunknown
Sentence5 years
Uzbekistan · context
101documented cases
24 urgent · 15 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
22
Religious
3
Activism
12
Social Media
12
Case Summary
Oydin Rustamova is a teacher sentenced to between five and six years of restricted freedom on dubious extortion charges. She is one of several co-defendants in a case described as a crackdown on activism.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Oydin Rustamova is a teacher sentenced to between five and six years of restricted freedom on dubious extortion charges. She is one of several co-defendants in a case described as a crackdown on activism.
02Charges
Charges
01 count- 01Extortion
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. Article 165
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Related
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Oydin Rustamova (PPW case cmplyl0m, record version 2026-05-27). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmplyl0m500051vrcahmmhd31. Original data from Human Rights Watch (https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/09/17/uzbekistan-free-wrongfully-imprisoned-activists#oydin-rustamova).
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