Gulbanu Abenova

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

Incident date: September 18, 2023

Attack type:

• Pressure on a media worker via non-physical pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Radio Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Astana

Additional information:

Unknown persons created a fake account, where they published information about the property and assets of the relatives of the editor-in-chief of KazFace.kz Gulbanu Abenova. Abenova connects the publication of personal data with her professional activities. «What forces or interests are behind the attempt to discredit my activities, that they needed to find information from The Ministry of Internal Affairs archives regarding my car fleet for the last 25 years? How did my personal data get to the criminals — flats with cadastral numbers, where there is still a record of my Almaty flat, which I sold 22 years ago after moving to Astana?», — Abenova wrote on her Facebook page.