Bagdat Asylbek - Justice for Journalists

Bagdat Asylbek

Affiliated media: Orda.kz , Journalist

Incident date: June 14, 2021

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

At a press conference, Deputy Akim of Almaty Ilyas Userov said that the akimat had prepared 2% of the total budget for the pessimistic scenario of a COVID-19 pandemic. When the journalist of Orda.kz Bagdat Asylbek wanted to ask a clarifying question. The moderators of the Regional Communications Service of Almaty turned off his microphone.

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