Bobomurod Abdullaev

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: August 22, 2020

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Human rights watch

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

After Abdullaev's extradition from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan, the journalist was detained and held for more than six hours in the National Security Service office for interrogation. He read out a prepared statement on the video, expressing gratitude to President Mirziyoyev for his attention to journalists' fate. A measure of restraint was applied to Abdullaev. The Uzbek authorities charged him under Articles 158 (Attacks on the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan) and 159 (Attacks on the Constitutional System of the Republic of Uzbekistan) of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan. The two countries' special services prepared the special operation for the arrest in Bishkek and the subsequent extradition of the journalist. Abdullaev cannot leave Uzbekistan or move freely within the country without permission from the investigator. On October 24, the criminal cases against Abdullaev were closed.