Sherali Komilov - Justice for Journalists

Sherali Komilov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel DETEKTIV UZ, Blogger

Incident date: August 9, 2023

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Ozodlik

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan has put blogger Sherali Komilov on the wanted list. He is charged with Paragraph B of Part 3 of Article 168 (fraud committed repeatedly or by a dangerous recidivist) and Paragraph A of Part 3 of Article 140 (insult in connection with the performance by the victim of his official or civil duty) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Komilov, author of the YouTube channel DETEKTIV UZ, has 17,800 subscribers on YouTube and 8,140 followers on Facebook. «Many of his posts criticise religious blogger Abror Abduazimov (Abror Mukhtor Aliy)», — the media said.

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