Amangeldy Batyrbekov - Justice for Journalists

Amangeldy Batyrbekov

Affiliated media: S-Inform , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: September 7, 2022

Attack type:

  • prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Turkistan Region, Saryagash

Additional information:

Editor of the newspaper S-Inform Amangeldy Batyrbekov and journalist Lazzat Tulemisova are defendants in the lawsuit for protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation of the chairman of public association Zangar-Medet L. Darkhanbaeva and G. Artykbaeva. The reason for the proceedings was the article by Lazzat Tulemisova published on January 28, 2021, in which, according to the plaintiffs, untruthful discrediting information was spread, as well as the signature to the photo of L. Darkhanbaeva and G. Artykbaeva used as an illustration for the material.

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