Ramziya Mirzobekova

Affiliated media: Asia Plus, Journalist

Incident date: May 25, 2022

Attack type:

Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

Journalist Ramziya Mirzobekova complained about the bullying campaign launched against her due to the recent events in the GBAO. On May 25, 2022, she posted on her page a screenshot of an "article" published in a Facebook group belonging to a Tajik secret service troll group known as the "answer factory". The journalist also reported that she had been questioned by Tajikistan's special service about the case of Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva, who was arrested on charges of "organizing and leading" protests in the GBAO. Mirzobekova suspects that the author of the "article" against her had access to the materials of her interrogations. However, the journalist reported that the author distorted and twisted the facts presented by her during interrogations in order to denigrate her. Mirzobekova said that the security officers interrogated her about her relationship with Mamadshoeva, as well as with the Russian columnist Andrey Serenko. She also reported that her phone and computer were seized.