Blogger Jailed for Four Years in Uzbekistan

Blogger Sirojiddin Adilov’s October 5 conviction on dubious extortion and fraud charges raises serious questions about fair trial standards in Uzbekistan, as well as the government’s commitment to upholding freedom of expression. Click to expand Image Sirojiddin Adilov, September 2026. © 2026 Abdurakhmon Tashanov A criminal court sentenced Adilov—who ran “Sirojiddin Media,” a YouTube channel with over 915,000 subscribers—to four years in a prison colony for committing extortion in the case of on