Событие Yuri Geist - Justice for Journalists

Yuri Geist

Affiliated media: Range, Newspaper

Incident date: June 21, 2017

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Aktobe Province, Aktobe

Additional information:

Gulmira Biisova, the former headteacher of the Zhosala village school in the Kargalin district of the Aktobe region, filed a lawsuit with the court of Aktobe to protect her honour, dignity and business reputation against the owner of the newspaper "Range", Rifma LLP, the journalist Yuri Geist and 14 fellow villagers.

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