A criminal case has been initiated against Shokhida Makhmadjonova

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she is in custody. She was detained on suspicion of participating in extremist activities.

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As reported by the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, a resident of the city of Vahdat, Makhmadjonova Shokhida Davlatjonovna, born in 1977, is suspected of extremism and has been placed in custody. A criminal case has been initiated against her under Article 307, Supplement 3, Part 2 (organization of the activities of an extremist organization) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan.

Under this article, Shokhida Makhmadjonova faces a prison sentence of three to five years.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reminds that the son of the detained Makhmadjonov Sherzod Tulforovich is not a blogger or an opposition figure, but is wanted for committing extremist-terrorist crimes.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs emphasizes that conditions have been created for the detained individual to meet with relatives, and there are no difficulties with the transfer or provision of food.

“The suspect Makhmadjonova Sh. enjoys all the rights provided by the legislation of the country, including the right to defense,” the statement notes.

Sherzod Makhmadjonov, a Tajik blogger living in Germany and known by the nickname “Abdurakhmon 09,” previously told Azda TV that on February 2, police officers in Vahdat summoned his mother Shokhida Makhmadjonova to the station to retrieve her mobile phone, which was in the possession of the officers. When his mother arrived at the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Vahdat on February 3, she was detained.