Blocking media and intimidating reporters reveals how Uzbekistan’s authorities protect Octobank’s financial operations
Blocking media and intimidating reporters reveals how Uzbekistan’s authorities protect Octobank’s financial operations Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family. This journalist crackdown may be connected to the late-October attempt on former Information Policy Department head Komil Allamjonov, who resigned unexpectedly at…