Turkmen.news - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Turkmen.news, YouTube channel

Incident date: May 15, 2021

Attack type:

request to remove or block the article and/or refutation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Turkmenistan, Ashgabat

Additional information:

YouTube blocked the video of the Turkmen.news media about corruption in food procurement abroad. The video was removed at the request of NAMA. This company had been designing the interior of the president's nephew's mansion and then published a video about the house on the Internet. Journalists used its footage in their video.

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