Juma Tolib, chief editor of the Paikon weekly published an article (#18, 05.05.2010) telling a story about Jakhongir Akhmedov, deputy prosecutor in the city of Chkalovsk who illegally took identification card from him.

The reason for conflict was Tolib’s “behavior” – the journalist was walking along the lake, taking pictures, and saw a dead body being pulled out of the water. Having shown his identification card to the police officers, the journalist asked some questions, but instead of getting answers, he was brought to the prosecutor’s office.

After the tedious waiting, the journalists was requested to write an explanation note indicating the purpose of having the photo camera. Tolib told the NANSMIT monitoring service that he managed to cope with the situation, but any young and inexperienced journalist would hardly be able to communicate with the arrogant representatives of the law enforcement agencies.

NANSMIT monitoring service