Mukhrim A’zamkhuzhayev

Affiliated media: Gazeta.uz, Journalist

Incident date: February 3, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

Journalist Mukhrim A’zamkhuzhayev’s article «State, maybe it’s time to stop?» was removed by Gazeta.uz due to pressure from the authorities. The publication was removed after only 14 people had read it. No links to the web cache of the article appeared online. The text stressed that the government was unable to provide people with electricity or gas this winter. The media and blogosphere are monitored by the staff of the online media department of the Information and Mass Communications Agency under the presidential administration.