Nurgeldy Khalykov

Affiliated media: Freelance journalist

Incident date: September 15, 2020

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: turkmen.news

Location: Turkmenistan, Ashgabat

Additional information:

Nurgeldy Khalykov was called to the police, after which the contact with him was lost. On July, 26 (13 days after the call to the police), turkmen.news received a message from Khalykov. He said that he was summoned because of a debt of $5,000 that he borrowed earlier. Allegedly, the creditors filed a complaint against him, and now he is called to the police every day. The editorial of turkmen.news was not aware of such a debt. At the beginning of October it became known that «non-recovery of debt» was recognised as a fraud which was committed repeatedly and caused significant damage.