Amangeldy Batyrbekov

Affiliated media: Saryagash Info , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: February 14, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Turkistan Region, Turkistan

Additional information:

On February 14, in Turkestan, on the day of the meeting of the akim of the Turkestan region Umirzak Shukeyev with the population, the police detained several people, including the editor-in-chief of the Saryagash info Amangeldy Batyrbekov. He said that he was put in the bus with the use of physical force. The police department of the Saryagash district of the Turkestan region told the Radio Azattyq reporter the reasons for the detention the next day: the journalist was detained and taken to the police station for questioning in a criminal case and was released after he told about the death of his relative in the Jambyl region.