Dmitry Matveyev

Affiliated media: Range, Newspaper

Incident date: September 28, 2018

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Aktobe Province, Aktobe

Additional information:

Aktobe Court No. 2 accepted an application to prosecute journalist Dmitry Matveyev for defamation (under Article 130, part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan). The plaintiff was Irina Gurko, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison in November 2016.