Bekmamat Abdumalik Uulu

Affiliated media: Freelancer, Investigative journalist

Incident date: August 19, 2020

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Kerben, Aksy district, Jalal-Abad region

Additional information:

The journalist was called for interrogation. The reason was a post published by him in the open Facebook group "Aksy Iygilikteri" about personnel changes in the Aksy raion, Jalal-Abad region in the south of Kyrgyzstan. A representative of the District Internal Affairs Department of Jalal-Abad region informed human rights activists that the summons for interrogation was connected with the statement of a particular citizen who asked to take action against journalist. According to him, the journalist was spreading "various kinds of messages" on Facebook.