Mullorajab Yusufzoda
Affiliated media: RFE/RL's Tajik Service , Journalist
Incident date: May 17, 2022
Attack type:
- Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture
Who attacked: Unknown sources
Source: Current Time TV
Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe
Additional information:
In Dushanbe, the journalists of Current Time and Radio Ozodi were attacked. People in plainclothes forcibly dragged Anushervon Aripov, Nasim Isamov, Mullorajab Yusufi, and Barot Yusufi out of their cars. They took away all official equipment and work and personal mobile phones. Yusufi was beaten – he received several severe blows to the head and torso. The attackers did not respond to repeated requests to identify themselves, and when the journalists asked for their equipment back, they said: «You'll get it all back». The journalists were covering anti-government protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.