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Uzbekistan · OSINT
01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryUzbekistan
Age / Sex55 · male
OccupationBlogger and social media activist
Arrested inSamarkand Psychiatric Clinic
Held atDjizak Regional Psychoneurological Dispensary
CategoryActivism
Statusunknown
Sentence—
Medical
Health Concerns Identified.
Authorities claim he has chronic mental illness, obsessive-compulsive disorder and impaired logical thinking; human rights monitors characterize the diagnosis as punitive psychiatric detention.
Reports of Torture or Ill-treatment.
Subjected to physical abuse or severe ill-treatment in detention. Violation of international law.
Case Summary
Valijon Kalonov is a blogger and social media activist; commentator on politics, human rights, and government policy. He was arrested on 15 August 2021 at his home in Jizzakh region during preparations for the October 2021 presidential election.
As of late 2025 / early 2026, he remains detained indefinitely in a psychiatric institution under compulsory psychiatric treatment following a court ruling. The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in February 2025 found his ongoing detention arbitrary under international law and recommended his immediate release.
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Valijon Kalonov — bloger va faol bo'lib, 2021-yil avgust oyida hukumat siyosatini tanqid qilgani va prezidentlik saylovlarini boykot qilishga chaqirgani uchun hibsga olingan. Uga jamoat xavfsizligiga tahdid qilish va prezidentni onlayn haqorat qilishda ayblangan. 2021-yil dekabr oyida sud uning jinoiy javobgarlikka tortilmasligi kerakligini va majburiy psixiatrik davolashga yuborilishini hal qilgan, natijada u majburiy psixiatrik shifoxonada saqlanib qolmoqda.
02Charges
Charges
09 count- 01Public insult or defamation of the President using social media and the Internet
- 02Making, storing, distributing, and displaying materials threatening public safety and order
- 03Threatening public safety
- 04Insulting the president online
- 05Spreading harmful materials via social media
- 06threatening public safety
- 07insulting the president online
- 08religious fundamentalism
- 09public insult and slander
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
November 19, 2025
05Sources
Data Source
Source vs. PPW analysis
OSINTCase facts, charges, dates, and status.
PPW analysisRisk, surveillance & sentence estimates — probabilistic, not the source's reporting.
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Cite this case
Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Valijon Kalonov (PPW case cmi6d2l0). Retrieved June 2, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmi6d2l0j0000limfd139fniz. Original data from Open Source Intelligence (https://www.uzbekforum.org/free-valijon-kalonov-now/).
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