Событие Asel Bayandarova - Justice for Journalists

Asel Bayandarova

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: August 1, 2019

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Claimant Aliya Karzhasova, her lawyer Muratbek Omarov and Serik Aishuakov demand to prosecute a blogger under Article 131, part 2 (Insult) and Article 130, part 2 ("Defamation") of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan for her posts on the social networks Facebook and Instagram. In various articles, Asel Bayandarova reported on a traffic accident, in which her mother was injured, and the position of the culprit of the accident.

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