Azat Zhumakhanov

Affiliated media: Orda.kz , Journalist

Incident date: October 18, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Taldykorgan

Additional information:

Azat Zhumakhanov, the correspondent of Orda.kz, was disconnected from a briefing on the topic of the new coat of arms of the newly created Zhetysu region. «I was turned off from the briefing for inconvenient questions», — he wrote on Facebook. The journalist tried to find out why the coat of arms of the new region was approved by the Zhetysu region administration without public discussion. «I called back, wrote to the guy who connected me via WhatsApp, but he just ignored me. I could not ask my questions», — Azat Zhumakhanov reported.