Elmurod Ermatov

Affiliated media: Kun.uz, Journalist

Incident date: September 20, 2022

Attack type:

• Trolling

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Gazeta.uz

Location: Uzbekistan, Namangan

Additional information:

Elmurod Ermatov, the journalist of Kun.uz, was attacked by trolls on the Internet. Anonymous users described his activities in an insulting tone and noted that the media «covered the situation in a biased manner» and thus «began to make money». The attack began after the journalist’s publication about the construction of a gas filling station five meters from a residential building in Namangan. The unofficial owner of the gas filling station may be a close relative of Shavkat Abdurazakov, the hokim of the Namangan region.