Affiliated media: 4vlastinfo.kz, Online media

Incident date: November 7, 2022

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Sotreport.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Astana

Additional information:

The editor-in-chief of 4vlastinfo.kz Madina Zhatkanbayeva said at an urgent press conference that the media had problems after a series of video reports about the revealed violations in Orkhan LLP and Gyural LLP. These companies, according to Madina, are related to the son and ex-wife of the deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament Abilfas Khamedov. According to the editor-in-chief of 4vlastinfo.kz, in addition to repeated appeals to the courts, deputy Abilfas Khamedov demands to deprive the agency of its certificate of registration and thus stop the work of the independent media.