Denis Shevchenko - Justice for Journalists

Denis Shevchenko

Affiliated media: Road Control, Journalist

Incident date: May 10, 2023

Attack type:

  • Wiretapping / surveillance without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Turkistan Region, Turkestan

Additional information:

Independent journalist and human rights activist Denis Shevchenko said that some police officers, one of whom introduced himself as a district police officer, were collecting information about his personal life from his neighbours. The journalist is puzzled for what purpose the officers started to use their official position and to carry out the covert collection of information. The journalist noted that the covert procedural investigative actions against him were illegal and demanded to stop them.

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