Mahsudjon Askarov

Affiliated media: Kun.uz, Head and one of the founders

Incident date: June 21, 2021

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Gazeta.uz

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

On June 21, the head and one of the founders of Kun.uz Mahsudjon Askarov was fined UZS 12,200,000 (USD 1200) by the Chilanzar District Criminal Court for materials of religious content published on the website. After the court decision, the Uzbek-language version of the media stopped publishing news. The administrative case was opened as a result of a religious examination of the materials of religious content as part of an Internet monitoring conducted by the Main Department for Combating Terrorism and Extremism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.