Affiliated media: Journalists

Incident date: May 17, 2021

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Daryo

Location: Uzbekistan, Andijan

Additional information:

Representatives of the media were not allowed to attend an Andijan City Council of People's Deputies session. The session considered the issue of stripping the deputy, who had criticized the «sellers of land» in Andijan on social networks, of his immunity. As a result of the session, a resolution was passed to strip the deputy of his immunity.