Mustafa Tursinbayev

Affiliated media: Online media Yel Khyzmetinde (On the Service of the People), Journalist

Incident date: June 12, 2022

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Uzbekistan, Qanlikoʻl

Additional information:

On June 12, Mustafa Tursinbayev, the journalist of the online media Yel Khyzmetinde (On the Service of the People), was beaten by unknown men while preparing a material on the use of water resources in the Qanlikoʻl district of Karakalpakstan.

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