
Shahida Salomova
Diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure; concerns regarding forced administration of psychotropic drugs and lack of medical oversight.
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.
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.
Arrest Date
December 18, 2022