Rayhon Kadyrova - Justice for Journalists

Rayhon Kadyrova

Affiliated media: uchquduq-gazeta.uz, Editor

Incident date: February 8, 2021

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Telegram channel of Agency of Information and Mass Communications

Location: Uzbekistan, Navoiy Region

Additional information:

Khurshid Tursunov, Chairman of the Economic Court of the Uchkuduk District of Navoiy Region, sent a threatening letter to 'Uchquduq' newspaper editor Rayhon Kadyrova. The Chairman threatened that if she did not publish the article he had sent to her and send a copy of the newspaper, she would be fined. Also, the article submitted by Tursunov contained plagiarism. The newspaper refused to publish it.

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