Affiliated media: Media outlets of Almaty
Incident date: April 14, 2020
Attack type:
- Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Zakon.kz
Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty
Additional information:
On the 14th of April, the website infoalmaty.kz was launched in Almaty. It aims to construct a list of vehicles and residents that are allowed to move around the city during quarantine. Applications through the service can only be made by businesses in authorised sectors. The head of the local government in Almaty advised that the formulation of the list would take place over two weeks. Representatives from the majority of publications complained that they could not register their media organisations in the new database, so journalists would not be able to move around the city to do their job. When applying through the website infoalmaty.kz, they are met with a message that their activity is not included in the list of professions approved by the operational headquarters.