Affiliated media: azh.kz, Online media

Incident date: February 3, 2023

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Atyrau Province, Atyrau

Additional information:

From August 2022 to February 2023, the editorial staff of Ak Zhaiyk received five notifications from Roskomnadzor «on the inclusion in the Unified Register of the domain names, website references and network addresses that allow identifying websites containing information circulation of which is forbidden in the Russian Federation». In 2023, the notifications were received on February 2 and 3. Roskomnadzor demanded that the hosting provider and the owner of the website remove five publications about the military conflict in Ukraine. The editorial board refused to remove the publications.