Bakhodir Akhmedov

Affiliated media: kun.uz, Journalist

Incident date: November 18, 2019

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Ozodlik

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

Kun.uz journalists Zafarbek Solizhonov and Bakhodir Akhmedov resigned after a conflict with the khokim (mayor) of the city of Tashkent, Jahongir Artykkhojayev, the Uzbek service of Radio Liberty reports. In their posts on social media they wrote, addressing the mayor: "I am not a son of a bitch and not a bastard."