Alisher Saitov - Justice for Journalists

Alisher Saitov

Affiliated media: Telegram channel "Voice of Gelsomino" , Blogger

Incident date: January 25, 2022

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Asiaterra.info

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

An unknown person called blogger Alisher Saitov and asked for a meeting. In a subsequent conversation, he persuasively asked Alisher not to write materials about the family of Batyr Tursunov, the first deputy chairman of the State Security Service and father of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev's eldest son-in-law. The blogger sees this veiled pressure as a warning from the Tursunov clan.

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