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On 16 March 2018 human rights defender Gaibullo Jalilov was released from prison, after almost nine years.

On 3 February 2018, human rights defender and journalist Dilmurod Sayid was released on parole from penal colony 64/51 in Karshi, Uzbekistan.

On 24 March 2017, human rights defender Elena Urlaeva was released from the ninth department of psychiatric hospital No. 1 in Tashkent city after having been forcibly detained there for 24 days.

On 21 July 2014, Tashkent City Court dismissed the appeal filed by the legal team of human rights defender and investigative journalist Mr Sid Yanyshev, upholding his conviction. On 28 June 2014, Sid Yanyshev was sentenced by Shaykhantakhursky District Court to a fine of 9,610,500 Uzbek Soms (approximately € 2,340) and the confiscation of his camera was ordered following an article he wrote about violations of property rights of Tashkent inhabitants whose houses had been demolished.

On 15 February 2018, a criminal case was opened in Moscow against migrant rights defender Bakhrom Khamroev, on the trumped up charge of illegally assisting in the ‘fictitious registration of foreign citizens residency’ under Article 322.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

On 29 September 2016, the Federal Security Service (FSB) conducted a raid at the home of human rights lawyer, Mr. Bakhrom Khamroev, during which all of his technical equipment and documents were confiscated. Following the raid, Bakhrom Khamroev was detained and interrogated at the FSB headquarters.