Abbos Salaydinov

Affiliated media: Kun.uz, Journalist (Ukraine)

Incident date: March 18, 2022

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Gazeta.uz

Location: Uzbekistan, Termez

Additional information:

Abbos Salaydinov, the journalist of Kun.uz, was attacked in a pharmacy in Termez after he demanded a cash register receipt for purchasing a product with a QR code. Salaydinov said that while he was looking for the number of the tax service to report what was happening, another salesman came out, took him into the pharmacy, and hit him in front of customers, after which he began insulting him with obscene words. The journalist further reported that then the owner of the pharmacy showed up and, despite the journalist's resistance, several employees took him to the medicine warehouse, closed the pharmacy and started beating and insulting him.