22 January 2021
Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18
After repeatedly defending Muslims freedom of religion and belief, including demonstrating outside President Shavkat Mirziyoyev s residence, Tulkun Astanov has been jailed for five years. A state report accused him of following sources of biased news such as Radio Free Europe , and publishing unsubstantiated and exaggerated information. Prisoner of conscience Astanov is being banned in jail from reading the Koran and praying the namaz.
After repeatedly defending the freedom of religion and belief of Muslims, including demonstrating outside President Shavkat Mirziyoyev s residence in the capital Tashkent, a city court has jailed 49-year-old Tulkun Astanov for five years. Tashkent City Criminal Court rejected his appeal on 5 January.
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Egypt uses collective punishment against prison inmates, says HRW
Watch towers at Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo 15 September 2020 [KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images] December 18, 2020 at 12:34 pm
The Egyptian authorities are using collective punishment against prisoners in Cairo s notorious Scorpion Prison,
Anadolu has reported. The allegation was made by Human Rights Watch yesterday.
A report from the rights watchdog said that the Egyptian security services have introduced changes to Scorpion Prison since mid-November which almost completely deprive the inmates of ventilation, electricity and hot water. This is in addition to earlier measures banning family visits since March 2018, and the denial of physical exercise since last year.
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