Amangeldy Batyrbekov

Affiliated media: S-Inform, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: October 9, 2023

Attack type:

• Administrative arrest, remand, pre-trial detention, prison

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Turkistan Region, Saryagash

Additional information:

On October 9, the editor-in-chief of S-Inform Amangeldy Batyrbekov was arrested for 20 days on charges of libel. The court proceedings were initiated on the claim of A. Sapargaliyev, Head of the Department of the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounts in Shymkent, and the reason for the proceedings was the article «And who is the real karabet?» published in the media outlet on June 30.