Tolegen Imanov

Affiliated media: YouTube channel Law Abiding Citizen, Blogger

Incident date: July 1, 2023

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan Province, Petropavlovsk

Additional information:

Employees of the akimat of the Kyzylzhar District in the North Kazakhstan region first prohibited blogger and journalist Tolegen Imanov from filming in the building of the akimat, and then the guard did not allow the journalist with video equipment to the meeting of the head of the department with a villager. The situation was resolved only after the intervention of the police, who explained to the representatives of the executive authorities that the building is an administrative building and journalists have every right to move there and to make video recordings.