Vlad Avdeev

Affiliated media: Hook.report, Journalist

Incident date: July 31, 2020

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: АССА

Location: Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Additional information:

The Hook.report website published info about blogger Mirasis Bazarov who was summoned to the State security headquarters, where an attempt was made to discredit the website. A false sex-work ad was placed on behalf of the employees on 30 July. Somebody also posted journalist’s private information- the phone number and photos.