Affiliated media: Uralskaya Nedelya (Uralsk Week), Newspaper

Incident date: August 11, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Uralskaya Nedelya (Uralsk Week)

Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk

Additional information:

The police department of the West Kazakhstan region accused the newspaper "Uralskaya Nedelya" (Uralsk Week) of disseminating inaccurate information that discrete the business reputation of the Information Department. The reason for the pre-trial claim was the article "A policeman was caught in Uralsk when he was stealing a license plate from an activist's car."