Adilet Tursynbekov
Affiliated media: HolaNews.kz , Founder of the media
Incident date: October 15, 2021
Attack type:
- Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Samat Dzhamayev's Facebook page
Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty
Additional information:
The founders of the website HOLA News Kazakhstan Alisher Kaydarov, Adilet Tursynbekov and editor-in-chief Zarina Akhmatova announced their resignation from the project. «Circumstances have developed in such a way that after 10 days of blocking, we had to compromise our basic principle. We removed the news item from the website.... That’s why we believe that leaving is better than staying. In order to remain ourselves», — they say in an appeal to readers. The deleted article talked about the Pandora Papers and the involvement of more than 35 world leaders and 400 officials from about 100 countries (including Kazakhstan) in offshore schemes.