pp_directory.uzbekistan
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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryUzbekistan
Age / Sexfemale
OccupationHuman rights defender, lawyer, and blogger
Arrested inTashkent, Uzbekistan
Held atRepublican Psychiatric Hospital of Intensive Observation (or similar closed psychiatric institution) in Tashkent
CategoryActivism
Statusunknown
Sentence—
Uzbekistan · context
101documented cases
24 urgent · 15 report torture
Most common grounds
Journalism
22
Religious
3
Activism
12
Social Media
12
Medical
Health Concerns Identified.
Diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure; concerns regarding forced administration of psychotropic drugs and lack of medical oversight.
Case Summary
Shahida Salomova is a human rights defender, lawyer, and blogger known for providing free legal guidance to victims of forced evictions and urban planning abuses. She also administered popular online channels on Telegram and YouTube focused on rights issues in Uzbekistan.
She was arrested in December 2022 after publishing social-media posts critical of government officials and alleging corruption involving the president and his family. Her case is characterized by human rights monitors as punitive psychiatric confinement rather than standard criminal prosecution. As of 2025, she remains held in a closed psychiatric hospital in Tashkent with restricted access to family and legal counsel.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Shahida Salomova Human rights defender, lawyer, and blogger. Salomova was known for providing free legal guidance to victims of forced evictions and urban planning abuses and for administering popular online channels (including Telegram and YouTube) focused on rights issues in Uzbekistan.
02Charges
Charges
03 count- 01defamation
- 02insult
- 03spreading false information
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorSocial Media Monitoring
Technology usedTelegram, YouTube
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
December 18, 2022
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06Sources
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Shahida Salomova (PPW case cmoru6em, record version 2026-05-26). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmoru6emk000i1vcv0vy0e7sp. Original data from pp_directory.uzbekistan (https://politicalprisoners.directory/prisoner/shahida-salomova/).
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