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01Overview
Quick Facts
CountryTajikistan
Age / Sexfemale
OccupationJournalist
Arrested inDushanbe, Tajikistan
Held atWomen’s Penal Colony No. 3/8 in Nurek, Tajikistan
CategoryJournalism
StatusDetained
Sentence8 years
Case Summary
Rukhshona Khakimova was initially detained without a warrant by police officers outside her home in Dushanbe on July 16, 2024. She was later formally arrested and taken into custody after her verdict on February 5, 2025. Her charges allegedly stemmed from interviews she conducted for a research project on international aid from China to Tajikistan, where she reportedly spoke with two defendants, asking general questions not related to classified information.
Key Facts
04 entries- 01Organization: Freelance
- 02Role: Journalist
- 03Event start: February 5, 2025
- 04[CPJ] https://cpj.org/data/people/rukhshona-hakimova/
Native-Language SummaryRU • Original
Rukhshona Khakimova was initially detained without a warrant by police officers outside her home in Dushanbe on July 16, 2024. She was later formally arrested and taken into custody after her verdict on February 5, 2025. Her charges allegedly stemmed from interviews she conducted for a research project on international aid from China to Tajikistan, where she reportedly spoke with two defendants, asking general questions not related to classified information.
02Charges
Charges
02 count- 01Treason
- 02Anti-state
Criminal Code Articles
01 articleArt. 305 part 2 (d)
03Analysis
Surveillance vector
Surveillance vectorUnknown
04Timeline
Case Timeline
Arrest date
July 16, 2024
Sentence served
1y 11mo / 8 years
05Sources
Data Source
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Rukhshona Khakimova (PPW case cmorrqvo). Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmorrqvo300061v8227giqhpg. Original data from pp_directory.tajikistan (https://politicalprisoners.directory/prisoner/rukhshona-khakimova/).
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