Andrey Skiba

Affiliated media: Nasha Gazeta, Journalist

Incident date: May 12, 2021

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Kostanay Province, Kostanay

Additional information:

Andrey Skiba, the correspondent of the weekly newspaper Nasha Gazeta, was covering the trial of blogger Dauren Ukin, who is accused of disobeying a police officer. The judge allowed the newspaper correspondent to connect to the broadcast, as well as (with the consent of the participants) to take photos and videos of the session. But then, he asked not to publish materials about the case until the end of the trial, because «the reporter puts pressure on the court». There was no answer to the request to explain how the pressure was exerted. Andrey Skiba wrote an article about the beginning of the trial.