Alexandra Sergazinova - Justice for Journalists

Alexandra Sergazinova

Affiliated media: News agency TobolInfo, Journalist

Incident date: July 12, 2022

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Kostanay Province, Kostanay

Additional information:

The court of Kostanay has begun a hearing of an administrative case against Alexandra Sergazinova, the journalist of the TobolInfo news agency, for defamation. Amir Umarov, head of the Justice Department of the Kostanay Region, filed a complaint against the journalist. The reason for this was the article «Will the Chairman of the Bar Association of the Kostanay Region and the Official from the Department of Justice Go to Trial?», published on the website of TobolInfo on June 7, 2022.

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