Avazmad Ghurbatov

Affiliated media: Asia-Plus, Journalist

Incident date: May 29, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Asia-Plus

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

Avazmad Ghurbatov, Asia-Plus journalist was attacked by unknown people when he went to report on people harmed by the force of nature. As he approached the victim’s tents, a car pulled up to him, a number of guys came out, and immediately attacked him, accusing him of incitement. "I started to explain that I am a journalist and came to do the story, they didn’t listen and one of them started to beat me, the others watched. The person who beat me identified himself as the head of the jamoat", the journalist said.