Local rights organizations have linked the court case against Ikhtiyor with the work of his father.
Meanwhile, a Tashkent criminal court has sentenced seven people to between 10 and 13 years in prison for religious extremism.
Uzbek rights campaigner Surat Ikramov says all seven defendants reportedly confessed to being members of the banned radical religious grouping Hizb ut-Tahrir. Ikramov quoted lawyers for the defendants as saying their clients pleaded guilty under duress.
The verdict was reached behind closed doors on September 23.
(with muslimuzbekistan.net, uznews)
Hizb Ut-Tahrir
Arms and leaflets allegedly confiscated from Hizb ut-Tahrir members in Kyrgyzstan in May (RFE/RL)
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