Gulbanu Abenova

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: June 9, 2020

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Exclusive.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Akmola Province, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

The press secretary of the Fund for Social Medical Insurance filed a lawsuit on the defence of honour, dignity, and business reputation against blogger Gulbanu Abenova. She wrote on her Facebook page: “As a journalist, I raise questions of justice and welfare for all. I draw the attention of the state agencies to the unreasonable distribution of people’s money to the Fund for Social Medical Insurance. But the press secretary of the Fund decided to put pressure on me with a multi-million lawsuit. Thus, to force me not to expose the corruption in his actions as Fund official”.