Three masked men brutally attacked Uzbek rights activist Miraziz Bazarov late March 28, according to reports. The blogger, an ally to the LGBTQ community, was hospitalized with serious injuries according to doctors at Tashkent Traumatology Hospital, where he was admitted Sunday night local time.
Reports stated that Bazarov will be transferred to another hospital and may need to undergo brain surgery. Bazarov, 29, was attacked near his apartment in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.
He was on his way home from the weekly Japanese anime and Korean pop music event he hosts on Sundays, reported Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.