Esdualet Kyzyrbekuly

Affiliated media: Newspaper Zhas Alash, Journalist

Incident date: February 26, 2020

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Radio Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Journalist Esdaulet Kyzyrbekul resigned from his newspaper after his report on rallies on February 22 was removed from the issue by the new editor-in-chief, Kayrat Matrekov. Kyzyrebekul announced that his decision to leave the newspaper was related not only with the removal of the publication but the threat to change editorial policy.