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CMORU6EM

Uzbekistan

File # cmoru6em•Opened DECEMBER 18, 2022•Uzbekistan / Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Shahida Salomova

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Age ? • female

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Detained DECEMBER 18, 2022

Medical

Health Concerns Identified.

Diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure; concerns regarding forced administration of psychotropic drugs and lack of medical oversight.

Quick Facts

Country: Uzbekistan
Occupation: Human rights defender, lawyer, and blogger
Arrest Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Current Location: Republican Psychiatric Hospital of Intensive Observation (or similar closed psychiatric institution) in Tashkent
Category: activism
Trial Status: unknown

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Source: pp_directory.uzbekistan

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Last updated: May 5, 2026
First indexed: May 4, 2026
Accessed: May 5, 2026

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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Shahida Salomova (PPW case cmoru6em). Retrieved May 5, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmoru6emk000i1vcv0vy0e7sp. Original data from pp_directory.uzbekistan (https://politicalprisoners.directory/prisoner/shahida-salomova/).

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§ 01 Overview

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 Summary

ORIG • 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.

§ 02 Charges & Legal

Charges

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01defamation
02insult
03spreading false information

§ TL Timeline

Arrest Date
December 18, 2022

§ 04 Take Action

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Shahida Salomova

Health Concerns Identified.

§ 01 Overview

Case Summary

Native-Language Summary

§ 02 Charges & Legal

Charges

§ TL Timeline

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