Asem Mirzhekeeva - Justice for Journalists

Asem Mirzhekeeva

Affiliated media: Ratel.kz , Journalist

Incident date: August 29, 2020

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Exclusive.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Akmola Province, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

Not far from the square, where a rally of owners of cars imported from Armenia was planned, a cyclist hit the correspondent of Ratel.kz portal Asem Mirzhekeeva. The journalist, whose arm got bruised, filed a police report. Asem Mirzhekeeva does not exclude that what happened was not accidental: she was covering rallies of foreign cars owners for more than six months

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