Inga Amanbay

Affiliated media: Zhas Alash, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: February 24, 2020

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Inga Amanbay announced her intention to leave the post of Chief Editor at newspaper “Zhas Alash”. The reason for her resignation, according to the journalist, was “enormous pressure” from authorities on Altynbek Sarsenbaev’s family (his widow, Saltanat Atusheva, owns the publication).