Affiliated media: Ratel.kz, Internet outlet

Incident date: March 20, 2018

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

The website of the information resource Ratel.kz has not been available from Monday evening, March 19th, due to an alleged violation of domain registration rules. The Kazakh Network Information Centre (KazNIC), the operator of the .kz domain, refers to a request from a committee of the Ministry of Defense and Aerospace Industries of Kazakhstan.