Affiliated media: Kun.uz, Online news portal
Incident date: November 23, 2020
Attack type:
- Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Kun.uz
Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent
Additional information:
Asajon Khojaev, general manager of the Agency of Information and Mass Communications under the Administration of the President accused Kun.uz of bias and warned about «serious legal consequences». He wrote that in the letter addressed to the editorial office. The threats were provoked by the publication of critical posts about electricity and natural gas problems in Uzbekistan.