Nazgyul Alymkulova - Justice for Journalists

Nazgyul Alymkulova

Affiliated media: Satirical project Stand Up , Blogger

Incident date: July 15, 2020

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: 24.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

Nazgyul Alymkulova was summoned to an interrogation at the State National Security Service of Kyrgyzstan. Previously she posted on a social network a video where, using a special app, she had edited a video to put in the face of the president of Kyrgyzstan. Alymkulova also wrote that “the rapper had a rapid reaction to the video”; and that it would be better if [the president] also reacted to the situation in the country, implying the severe epidemiological situation with the COVID-19. After the publication of the post, unidentified persons attempted to hack the comedy site Stand Up.

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