Alexander Shabalin

Affiliated media: Kaktus.media, Journalist

Incident date: February 3, 2022

Attack type:

Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

The journalist has been summoned for interrogation to the Bishkek Pervomaisky District Prosecutor's Office. According to Dina Maslova, founder of Kaktus.media, investigators of the supervisory body intend to question those who are members of the editorial chat. Previously, a criminal case was initiated against the news website under Article 407 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic (propaganda of war, i.e. dissemination of views, ideas or appeals in any form with the aim to cause aggression of one country against another or unleash a military conflict). The criminal case concerns the article about the armed conflict in the border zone published by the Tajik news outlet Asia Plus.