Geniy Tulegenov - Justice for Journalists

Geniy Tulegenov

Affiliated media: Sportinfo.kz , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: May 14, 2021

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: KazTAG

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

The editor-in-chief of Sportinfo.kz Geniy Tulegenov was brought to trial on charges of insult. The complaint to the court was filed by the sports journalist Yerbol Kairov in connection with Tulegenov’s publications, in which, according to the prosecutor, the chief editor called him a «rotten journalist».

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