Shavkat Egamberdiev - Justice for Journalists

Shavkat Egamberdiev

Affiliated media: Video blogger

Incident date: August 31, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Troll.uz

Location: Uzbekistan, Namangan

Additional information:

On August 31, Shavkat Egamberdiev posted a satirical video on Troll.uz Telegram channel. Then he asked the administrator of Troll.uz, Umid Gafurov, to remove the video because of the threats he received from an employee of Artel, named Ramziddin. Then he posted a video apology on his blog, in which he blamed Gafur for the appearance of a video in which the management of Artel saw damage to the company's reputation. In the satirical video, graphic symbols of nonexistent brands CARTEL and BRAKFA were used. Before being appointed to the new post, Artel and Akfa were managed by the current mayor of Tashkent, Jahongir Artykhodjaev.

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