Andrey Yashchenko

Affiliated media: YouTube-channel "The Lyudi" , Journalist

Incident date: January 8, 2022

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: YouTube-channel "The Lyudi"

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

Andrey Yashchenko, a special correspondent for the Russian YouTube channel The Lyudi, who was filming a film in Nur-Sultan about the riots in the country, received a warning from a security officer after he left the station after being detained. The security officer approached Yashchenko and said that the journalists would be deported from Kazakhstan if he detained once again.