Bakhtyzhan Toregozhina - Justice for Journalists

Bakhtyzhan Toregozhina

Affiliated media: Online activist

Incident date: July 25, 2020

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Facebook page of Bakhtyzhan Toregozhina

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Human Rights activist Bakhtyzhan Toregozhina reported that she's been receiving threats because of her social media posts- a poll on the whereabouts of members of parliament. The monitoring of the MPs begun after rumours on the social media that many of them: “took holiday flights to Turkey and UAE”.

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