Bahrom Abdullaev

Affiliated media: 31 TV channel, Journalist

Incident date: March 2, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Inbusiness.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent

Additional information:

The police obstructed Bahrom Abdullaev's work, a correspondent for the 31 TV channel, who came to film the fire at a car parts warehouse. “One police officer was not happy with the filming; the second pushed me in the chest to make me take a step back. I asked, “Why?”. And then I was surrounded by other police officers, five-six people,” Abdullaev said. The Astana TV channel journalist, Bahrambek Talibzhanov, who stood up for his colleague, was beaten by the police. According to Bahrom Abdullaev, the journalists did not come close to the fire and filmed safely.