Askar Shaigumarov - Justice for Journalists

Askar Shaigumarov

Affiliated media: Blogger, Online activist

Incident date: November 15, 2020

Attack type:

  • Breaking into email / social media accounts / computer / smartphone

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Askar Shaigumarov's Facebook page

Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk

Additional information:

Askar Shaigumarov said that unknown people "stolen" his Facebook group named "My favourite Uralsk". "I was removed from the group as a founder and as a moderator. The group consists of about 30,000 members. "I tried to return the group through the Facebook support service, but didn't get any reply", said Shaigumarov.

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