The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has rehabilitated 205 more political prisoners who fell victim to repression in the period from 1920 to 1938 in the USSR, the court's press service reported.
Among those rehabilitated is Sadulla Kasimov from Tashkent, who held the position of Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Uzbek SSR (1925-1929) and Chairman of the Tashkent Regional Court (1924-1925). He and six others (judges, lawyers, and others) who were involved in Kasimov's case were sentenced to death and long prison terms on June 21, 1930, on charges of embezzlement, corruption, official forgery, and other crimes.
Additionally, the Deputy Prosecutor General filed appeals in 11 criminal cases against 198 individuals who were accused of participating in the Basmachi movement, forming armed gangs, and engaging in actions aimed at armed uprisings or counter-revolutionary activities against the Soviet government in the years 1920-1921 and 1930-1938.
In an open session chaired by Deputy Supreme Court Justice Ikrom Muslimov, all of them were rehabilitated. The total number of rehabilitated victims of repression has reached 1031.
The list of those affected by repression was compiled by the republican working group established by the decree of the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on October 8, 2020, with the aim of a more in-depth study of the legacy and preservation of the memory of the victims of repression.
