Событие Askar Japarov - Justice for Journalists

Askar Japarov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: July 31, 2017

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

Bikom Realty LLP, which includes several real estate companies, appealed to the district court No. 2 of the Almaty district of Astana with a demand to prosecute for libel (point 1, part 2, article 130 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan). Askar Japarov was found not guilty of criminal misconduct under Article 130 part 2 of the Criminal Code and acquitted for unproven guilt.

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