Affiliated media: Nasha Gazeta, Online media

Incident date: May 4, 2023

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Kostanay Province, Kostanay

Additional information:

The administrator of Nasha Gazeta’s Instagram page Konstantin Rashevsky received a WhatsApp message from A. Seydagali, PR manager of the regional branch of the state corporation Government for Citizens. Seydagali made the claim that the article «„Your floodgates won’t hold!“» — Public activists and officials criticise the work of the Central Office for Citizens. What is the essence of the claims?" was not coordinated with her, and also the photos of employees of the state corporation were used. Meanwhile, the author of the article attended the meeting of the inter-departmental working group by official invitation. Earlier, Seydagali demanded to delete the Instagram post about the resumption of practical examinations in the Special Centre or to publish her text because of the mention of problems in this sphere. At the same time, the PR manager never contacted the editor-in-chief of Nasha Gazeta and did not send any official complaints to the editorial office.