Sodiqov, de 31 anys, va ser arrestat a la ciutat de Khorog, a la regió autònoma de Gorno-Badakhšan, per part del servei estatal de seguretat del Tadjikistan (GKNB) mentre entrevistava un líder de l’oposició local com a part del seu treball acadèmic.
The 31-year-old was arrested on June 16 in the town of Khorog in the Autonomous Region of Gorno-Badakshan (GBAO) by the Tajik State Security Service (GKNB) while he was with a local opposition leader as part of his academic work.