Timur Karpov - Justice for Journalists
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Timur Karpov

Affiliated media: Photo journalist

Incident date: March 31, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

Three weeks after Timur Karpov returned from Georgia, the representative of the authorities called him and demanded to spend quarantine in a different town. Karpov asked for an explanation of the need for forced self-isolation. The representative of the authorities ordered him to come to the police station or be at home at the specified time. Karpov ignored illegal demands.

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