Irina Sovetzhan

Affiliated media: TV Channel 31, Journalist

Incident date: May 1, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Journalist and news anchor for TV Channel 31 , Irina Sovetzhan, was summoned by the local police to give explanations about her Facebook post dated April 12, 2020. The policeman explained that they received a statement from the representative of the 12th hospital, lawyer Abdukasimov E.E., about the dissemination of false information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the post, Sovetshan wonders: if the number of COVID-19 infections in the 12th hospital is increasing, why there are no measures taken to close the hospital for a quarantine.