Alexander Pavlov

Affiliated media: Road Control, Journalist

Incident date: November 29, 2022

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan Province, Petropavlovsk

Additional information:

Alexander Pavlov, the correspondent of Road Control, faced threats in the court chat room. Alexander Pavlov asked to be connected to the appeal hearing on the defamation case in advance but did not receive a notification from the court that he was allowed to cover the process. The correspondent was connected to the session suddenly, when he was not ready for it and was on the street. «In the group chat room, I was met by the participants of the trial and the judge of the regional court Mukhametzhan. Right away, they started threatening me», — Pavlov wrote on Facebook. The journalist appealed to the chairman of the regional court and the Supreme Judicial Council with a demand for a check.