Miraziz Bazarov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: March 28, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

The famous Uzbek blogger and gay rights campaigner Miraziz Bazarov has been hospitalized after being brutally attacked by unknown men. He was beaten for several minutes by three masked men, one of whom was armed with a baseball bat. Miraziz Bazarov received bruises of internal organs, an open fracture of the tibia with displacement, lacerated wounds of the leg and a concussion.