Affiliated media: Independent journalist

Incident date: March 30, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

Unknown people, most likely using fake accounts, are spreading slanderous material against a journalist on Facebook for her comments that Tajikistan may be hiding information about the real situation with coronavirus in the country. They published an insulting letter, allegedly from a doctor, calling her a fallen woman.