Saniya Toiken - Justice for Journalists

Saniya Toiken

Affiliated media: Radio Azattyq, Journalist

Incident date: January 10, 2021

Attack type:

  • Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Akmola Province, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

Saniya Toiken reported that she had encountered obstacles from the security forces in covering the detention of activists. "In Nur Sultan, several civilian activists were detained and taken to the bus. A policeman named Nurdalet took my phone by force. The glass of the phone is damaged», - wrote Toiken on her Facebook page. According to her, the police officer deleted some of the footage from her phone before returning the phone.

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