Zhumabike Zhunusova - Justice for Journalists

Zhumabike Zhunusova

Affiliated media: Datnews.info, Journalist

Incident date: December 3, 2020

Attack type:

  • Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

By a court decision, journalist Zhumabike Zhunusova must pay KZT 250,000 (about USD 600) as compensation for moral damage to the plaintiff. Also, the journalist must publish a refutation of the information disseminated in the article «They „came over”... a tractor driver» (DAT | Public Position of February 27, 2020). In addition to Zhunusova, the owner of the media outlet Dara Info LLP was also the defendant in the trial.

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