Elyor Tadjibaev

Affiliated media: Effect.uz, Journalist

Incident date: April 8, 2021

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Youtube-канал Effect.uz

Location: Uzbekistan, Fergana

Additional information:

Journalist Elyor Tadjibaev was detained in his house by the employees of the Denau district department of internal affairs of Surxondaryo Region and arrested on the same day. On April 6, the Prosecutor General's Office reported that he was put on the wanted list after the initiation of a criminal case, the reason for which was an incident in the Termez district court. The Effect.uz editorial promptly notified the law enforcement agency that Tadjibaev has COVID-19 and had previously answered questions from law enforcement officers. The journalist is charged with "resisting a representative of the authorities" and "interfering with the investigation".