Malohat Eshankulova

Affiliated media: Facebook, Journalist, Blogger

Incident date: September 4, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Centre-1

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

The journalist found out about the criminal case against her on 4th September, when she was summoned to the Mirzo-Ulugbek district department of internal affairs in Tashkent. It was explained that she was accused of crimes under two articles of the Criminal Code: 139 - "slander" - and 140 - "insult". A ban on leaving Uzbekistan was imposed.