Rozybai Jumamuradov

Affiliated media: Chronicles of Turkmenistan , Journalist

Incident date: April 21, 2021

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Turkmenistan, Ashgabat

Additional information:

Between March and May 2021, the Ministry of National Security officers repeatedly intimidated and threatened the relatives of Rozybai Jumamuradov, a reporter of the independent Vienna-based news website Chronicle of Turkmenistan, and Devlet Bayhan, a journalist who works with the Chronicle of Turkmenistan, according to the media. In early May, security officers summoned Jumamuradov's 14-year-old nephew and questioned the teenager about his contacts with his uncle, shouted at him, threatened to put him and his family in jail, and kill Jumamuradov. On April 21, unknown persons repeatedly called Jumamuradov's brother and threatened to kill his family if they did not stop communicating with the journalist. Later, national security officers summoned and interrogated the journalist's brother, asking questions about his contacts with Jumamuradov.