Azamat Baykenov - Justice for Journalists

Azamat Baykenov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: March 13, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Vlast.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

On March 13, in Almaty, two plain-clothed men detained blogger Azamat Baykenov. As his wife told Vlast.kz, they «showed him documents, grabbed him and took him away». Almagul Mamekova added that everything happened so quickly that she did not have time to ask where he was being taken.

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