Shakir Musayev

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: August 8, 2022

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Uzbekistan, Qarshi

Additional information:

The Qashqadaryo Regional Court sentenced blogger Shakir Musayev to 3 years and 1 month in prison. Musayev wanted to help a local resident to solve the issue of a land plot in the Chiroqchi district, which was the subject of a dispute between the local resident and the district administration and in his favor and made several videos. The authorities accused the blogger of fraud and took his case to court. Musayev had about 50,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. He talked about corruption.