Lukpan Akhmedyarov

Affiliated media: Uralsk Week , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: August 27, 2020

Attack type:

• Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)
• Interrogation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Facebook page of Lukpan Akhmedyarov

Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk

Additional information:

Lukpan Akhmedyarov was summoned to the police as a witness with the right to defence in a criminal case launced by a businessman from Atyrau. The entrepreneur is asking to bring the journalist to criminal liability for violation of privacy and the legislation of Kazakhstan on personal data for the fact that Akhmedyarov made public his name, surname and the name of the LLP in an article about a bribe.