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20 February 2006, a criminal case was opened against them and they both fully confessed that
they were guilty, which has been corroborated by testimonies and associations with whom they
committed the crimes, confiscated material evidence and other materials found in the course of
the preliminary investigation. On 8 May 2006, they both were found guilty by the criminal
chamber of Tashkent City court of crimes under article 244 (1) of the Criminal Code, i.e. for
preparing or distributing materials constituting a threat to public safety and societal order, and
sentenced to five years of imprisonment. None of them filed any complaints during the pre-trial
investigation. They are currently serving their sentences in KIN-61 and KIN-29.
327. Abdurakhman Ibragimov, Alisher Mirzakholov, Abdurauf Khalmuratov and Alijon
Mirganiev, all active members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, helped to create and lead
the illegal organization “wahhabiy” starting from 1998, for which they were paid 150 USD per
months. From the moment of their respective arrests, all of them had full access to their lawyers
and all investigative actions were conducted in presence of their defense lawyers. They also were
allowed to repeatedly be visited by their family members. On 7 March 2006, all of them were
accused of crimes under article 244 (2) of the Criminal Code, i.e. of setting up, leading or
participating in a religious-extremist, separatist, fundamentalist or other illegal organization.
Abdurakhman Ibragimov, Alisher Mirzakholov and Alijon Mirganiev fully confessed that they
were guilty. Abdurauf Khalmuratov partly confessed his guilt. On 17 May 2006, they were all
found guilty by the court and sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment.
328. Tohirjon Abdusamatov, an active member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,
helped to create and lead the illegal organization “wahhabiy” starting from 1998, for which he
was paid 150 USD per months. On 4 April 2006 a criminal case was opened against him under
articles 244 (2) and 248 (3) of the Criminal Code. On 14 June he was sentenced to 10 years of
imprisonment, which he is serving in KIN-49.
329. Shoirmat Sharakhmetov, helped to create and lead the illegal organization “wahhabiy”
starting from 1998. He was arrested by police on 22 December 2005 in Tashkent Region. In the
course of the investigation it was found that he is suffering from schizophrenia and needs forced
medical treatment, which was confirmed by a decision of the criminal chamber of Tashkent City
court on 20 April 2006. He therefore was sent to Tashkent psychiatric hospital n. 1, where he still
is.
330. Azomodin Kasimjanov, member of “Akromiya”, actively participated in the so-called
demonstrations organized close to the court building in Andijan and in the armed group that
attacked the military unit and the akhimyat. On 29 November 2005 a criminal case was opened
under a series of aricles of the Criminal Code, including terrorism, premeditated murder, illegal
possession of weapons etc. Two days later he was arrested and on 21 July 2006 the criminal
chamber of Tashkent City Court sentenced him to 13 years of imprisonment.
331. Rukhiddin Fakhrutdinov, on 15 September 2006, was found guilty of crimes under a
series of articles of the Criminal code including terrorism, falsification of documents, illegal
entering or leaving of the territory of Uzbekistan etc and sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment
by the criminal chamber of Tashkent City Court. He partly confessed to having committed the
crimes he was accused of. In addition, several witnesses, such as A. Kholierov, B. Abdukhalikov,
D. Akhmedov confirmed that R. Fakhrutdinov had given them monthly lessons with the
underlying aim of conducting jihad in order to overthrow the constitutional system of the