Manas Sharipov

Affiliated media: KTK TV channel, Camera operator

Incident date: April 24, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: KazTAG

Location: Kazakhstan, Atyrau Province, Atyrau

Additional information:

The camera crew of the KTK TV channel, correspondent Beken Alirakhimov and cameraman Manas Sharipov, were detained on the territory of the regional hospital in Atyrau while filming a story about the transfer of 257 doctors who had contact with infected people to a tuberculosis dispensary in the Makhambet district. The journalists were accused of violating the state of emergency. On April 24, the administrative court issued a warning to them.