Yelena Veber

Affiliated media: Radio Azattyq, Journalist

Incident date: October 5, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Karaganda Region, Karaganda

Additional information:

In Karaganda, the journalists learned post factum that there was a meeting of the President of Kazakhstan with the people of the Karaganda region. In response to the journalist’s question about why this happened, the press service of the regional Akim stated that «only the President’s TV and Radio Complex is working» and that «when everything is over, everything will be sent to everyone». On October 5, the press service of Kassym-Jomart Tokayev post factum spread information that the president «outlined the priorities in the development of Karaganda region».