Isokhuja Toshkhujaev, assistant to Prosecutor of Sughd province, visiting Marufi Bobojon, editor of newspaper Anis, required him to present the original draft of an article titled “Rescue the Prosecutor”. The article was published on 14 November 2007 with a byline indicating the name of the author – Guljakhon Toshkhujaeva.

The article contained information about the author, Guljakhon Toshkhujaeva who tells the story of her family life with assistant to Prosecutor of the province, Isokhuja Toishkhujaev; the couple has two children. Guljakhon says that several years ago she was not aware that her husband-to-be had been already married. A few years later, her husband left her for another woman. According to Guljakhon, her husband is married for the third time now.

Assistant to Prosecutor received the original draft article, and promised to punish the journalists in court. Later, it turned out that he has kept his promise. On 5 December, Mukhiddin Muzaffarov, who edited the draft article, was called up by A. Goziev, a police investigator. The journalist was asked to write an explanatory note.

“I have no clue why the police is conducting the investigation, — says Muzaffarov. – I receive phone calls from Toshkhujaev who threatens to punish me for the publication”.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service