Akmaral Madelkhanova - Justice for Journalists

Akmaral Madelkhanova

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: February 5, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent

Additional information:

Zubira Aytuganova, director of the boarding school in the city of Lenger, filed a lawsuit regarding her honor and dignity against the blogger Akmaral Madelkhanova. The reason for the lawsuit was posts by Madelkhanova on Facebook, in which she raised the issues of sanitary conditions and the quality of the food in the boarding school for children with hearing disabilities. On February 5, the court left the lawsuit without review after a statement from the plaintiff about leaving the lawsuit without review.

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