Askarbek Myrzabekov - Justice for Journalists

Askarbek Myrzabekov

Affiliated media: Kloop.kg, Correspondent

Incident date: November 25, 2020

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: kloop.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Kanysh-Kyya village, Chatkal valley of Jalal-Abad Region

Additional information:

Myrzabekov was summoned for interrogation by the local internal affairs office in connection with his video of a meeting of deputies of the village parliament with the participation of local eco-activists and representatives of the gold mining companies. According to Myrzabekov, during the interrogation, the investigator demanded to show him the video that was taken at the meeting, read Myrzabekov’s messages in WhatsApp and forced him to delete uploaded to his Youtube channel video.

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