Событие Amir Sharifullin - Justice for Journalists

Amir Sharifullin

Affiliated media: Facebook, Blogger

Incident date: December 10, 2019

Attack type:

  • Abduction, taking captive / hostage, illegal deprivation of liberty

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: AsiaTerra

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

On 10th December, Amir Sharifullin was kidnapped by two unknown individuals, who dragged him to a car in a secure place, where they forced him to make an "apology" on camera for texts and comments he had posted on Facebook, and then beat him on the orders of an order-giver, whose name they didn't know, and recorded the beating.

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