Lukpan Akhmediarov - Justice for Journalists

Lukpan Akhmediarov

Affiliated media: Uralsk week, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: June 6, 2020

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk

Additional information:

The chief editor of «Uralskaya nedelya» (Uralsk week) Lukpan Akhmediarov announced that on 6 June during peaceful protests, policemen tried to take him to the station and hand him a military subpoena. “The tried to give me a subpoena when I was leaving the house but the date said 6 May. I told them they were late. The must have gone to fix the mistake and in the meantime, I left”- told Lukpan Akhmediarov.

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