Habibullo Himmatzoda
Affiliated media: Independent blogger
Incident date: January 17, 2023
Attack type:
- Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Radio Ozodi
Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe
Additional information:
The Dushanbe Internal Affairs Department reported the detention of the blogger. On January 17, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications website posted a message about the arrest of Habibullo Himmatzoda, who, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "opened his page on the Instagram social network and constantly spread offensive videos and obscene language." According to official information, the Shohmansur district court sentenced the blogger to five days of administrative arrest. The opinion of Himmatzoda and his relatives and the authorities' accusations are unknown. It is not known what he said on his Instagram page. The authorities did not report the details.