Ainur Saparova

Affiliated media: Newspaper Ak Zhayik , Journalist

Incident date: January 11, 2022

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists

Location: Kazakhstan, Atyrau Province, Atyrau

Additional information:

On January 11, Ak Zhayik journalists Ainur Saparova and Farkhat Abilov, who covered protests in Atyrau, were summoned to the police as witnesses. «They asked why I went there, who told me to go there, how I found out about the rally, what I was wearing, what I saw there...» – Ainur said. The journalist noted that interrogation was conducted quite correctly.