Berdakh Nauryzbaev - Justice for Journalists

Berdakh Nauryzbaev

Affiliated media: Telegram channel Karagalpaқ 24, Blogger

Incident date: July 26, 2020

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Gazeta.uz

Location: Uzbekistan, Nukus

Additional information:

Three law enforcement officers in civilian clothing entered blogger's house without his permission. They confiscated two phones, a laptop and a desktop computer. Berdakh Nauryzbaev was first taken to Bozatauiski district department of internal affairs and later to the Nukus department of internal affairs, where he was asked about the fake news about the death of the leader of Karakalpakistan Musa Erniyazov. Blogger returned home at around 23:00, he wasn’t told when his electronics would be returned.

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