- Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: human.uz, Cameraman

Incident date: May 3, 2020

Attack type:

Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Uzbekistan, Gulistan

Additional information:

During the arrest of the cameraman, the police officers damaged the camera and then deleted the footage with the victims of the breakthrough of the dam of the Sardobin reservoir.

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