{"id":2921,"date":"2022-01-28T21:13:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T20:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-for-facebook-post-human-rights-watch\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T21:13:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T20:13:59","slug":"uzbek-blogger-jailed-for-facebook-post-human-rights-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-for-facebook-post-human-rights-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post &#8211; Human Rights Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. Please give now to support our work<br \/>Government Should Uphold Free Speech and Release Fazilhoja Arifhojaev<br \/>@Vorobyeva_sv<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via Facebook\" class=\"facebook ms-icon\" data-ms=\"facebook\"> <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post&amp;url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via Twitter\" class=\"twitter ms-icon\" data-ms=\"twitter\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via WhatsApp\" class=\"whatsapp ms-icon\" data-ms=\"whatsapp\"> <\/a> <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post&amp;body=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via Email\" class=\"email ms-icon\" data-ms=\"email\"> <\/a> <a href=\"\" title=\"Share this via Share\" class=\"share ms-icon\" data-ms=\"share\"> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post&amp;title=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post\" title=\"Share this via LinkedIn\" class=\"linkedin ms-icon\" data-ms=\"linkedin\"> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post&amp;title=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post\" title=\"Share this via Reddit\" class=\"reddit ms-icon\" data-ms=\"reddit\"> <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post&amp;text=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post\" title=\"Share this via Telegram\" class=\"telegram ms-icon\" data-ms=\"telegram\"> <\/a> <a href=\"\/node\/381046\/printable\/print\" title=\"Share this via Printer\" class=\"printer ms-icon\" data-ms=\"printer\"> <\/a> <br \/>A court in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/world-report\/2022\/country-chapters\/uzbekistan\">Uzbekistan<\/a> has sentenced a Muslim blogger to seven and a half years in prison for something many people do every day: posting an innocuous message on Facebook.<br \/>The criminal court in Tashkent\u2019s Almazar district on January 26 found Muslim blogger and government critic, Fazilhoja Arifhojaev, guilty of threatening public security by reposting and commenting on a social media post that had questioned whether it was appropriate for a Muslim to congratulate non-Muslims on their religious holidays.<br \/>Arifhojaev was initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/12\/09\/uzbekistan-muslim-blogger-faces-eight-year-prison-term\">detained<\/a> at the end of June last year on petty hooliganism charges, and sentenced to 15 days in detention. Instead of releasing him when his sentence ended the authorities charged him under criminal code article 244-1, part 3 (d) for \u00ab\u00a0distributing or displaying materials containing a threat to public security and public order using mass media or telecommunication, or the Internet.\u201d<br \/>Over the years, Human Rights Watch has documented many cases where article 244-1 has been used to criminalize peaceful dissent and freedom of religion and belief in Uzbekistan, and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/03\/10\/uzbekistan-draft-criminal-code-offers-little-meaningful-reform\">repeatedly<\/a> called on the authorities to amend criminal code provisions on extremism, including article 244-1 and 244-2.<br \/>Arifhojaev\u2019s health deteriorated during his seven months in pre-trial detention. On January 25 he began a hunger strike that lasted four days to protest the injustice in his case his lawyer, Sergey Mayorov, said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2021\/12\/09\/uzbekistan-muslim-blogger-faces-eight-year-prison-term\">Mayorov also told<\/a> Human Rights Watch that the police have ill-treated his client both physically and psychologically in pre-trial detention, in some cases inflicting treatment that constitutes torture. At the end of September, according to Mayorov, police handcuffed Arifhojaev to a pipe and made him sit in a stress position for nearly 12 hours, causing him excruciating pain. The authorities have to date failed to investigate his allegations of ill-treatment and torture.<br \/>Arifhojaev plans to appeal his conviction.<br \/>President Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke of creating a \u201cNew Uzbekistan\u201d at his re-election last year, but if prosecutions like Arifhojaev\u2019s are happening, it is still a long way off. Uzbekistan\u2019s international partners should urge Mirziyoyev\u2019s government to stand by its commitments to free speech and to ensure Arifhojaev is immediately released. Jailing someone for a Facebook post is not the way for such a vision to become reality.<br \/>Possession of Extremist Material in Kyrgyzstan<br \/>Censorship and Freedom of the Media in Uzbekistan<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via Facebook\" class=\"facebook ms-icon\" data-ms=\"facebook\"> <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post&amp;url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via Twitter\" class=\"twitter ms-icon\" data-ms=\"twitter\"><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via WhatsApp\" class=\"whatsapp ms-icon\" data-ms=\"whatsapp\"> <\/a> <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post&amp;body=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post\" title=\"Share this via Email\" class=\"email ms-icon\" data-ms=\"email\"> <\/a> <a href=\"\" title=\"Share this via Share\" class=\"share ms-icon\" data-ms=\"share\"> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post&amp;title=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post\" title=\"Share this via LinkedIn\" class=\"linkedin ms-icon\" data-ms=\"linkedin\"> <\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post&amp;title=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post\" title=\"Share this via Reddit\" class=\"reddit ms-icon\" data-ms=\"reddit\"> <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/share\/url?url=https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/uzbek-blogger-jailed-facebook-post&amp;text=Uzbek Blogger Jailed for Facebook Post\" title=\"Share this via Telegram\" class=\"telegram ms-icon\" data-ms=\"telegram\"> <\/a> <a href=\"\/node\/381046\/printable\/print\" title=\"Share this via Printer\" class=\"printer ms-icon\" data-ms=\"printer\"> <\/a> <br \/>Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice    <br \/>Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe. 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Please give now to support our workGovernment Should Uphold Free Speech and Release Fazilhoja Arifhojaev@Vorobyeva_sv A court in Uzbekistan has sentenced a Muslim blogger to seven and a half years in prison for something many people do every day: posting an innocuous message on Facebook.The criminal court [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1sXXCw:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}