Alisher Ruziokhunov - Justice for Journalists

Alisher Ruziokhunov

Affiliated media: Kun.uz, Journalist

Incident date: October 23, 2020

Attack type:

  • Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Acca.media

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

Employees of the patrol and sentry service beat Alisher Ruziokhunov with batons. While driving the car, the journalist slightly hit the inspector, who caused the accident himself. One of the officers took away journalists' phone, while another inspector in the mask hit the journalist in the stomach.

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