Jurabek Kizimov - Justice for Journalists

Jurabek Kizimov

Affiliated media: Video blog 'Adolat TV', Blogger

Incident date: March 3, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: ACCA

Location: Uzbekistan, Andijan

Additional information:

Video blogger Jurabek Kizimov was arrested on fraud charges. He is accused of theft, which he allegedly committed two years ago. At the same time, local law enforcement authorities attribute to him several more similar criminal episodes. The blogger’s wife, Asilzoda Kholmirzaeva, is sure that the arrest of her husband is related to critical materials in the video blog of Adolat TV.

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