Irina Starikova

Affiliated media: iagorod.kz , Journalist

Incident date: August 3, 2020

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: iagorod.kz

Location: Kazakhstan, Kostanay Province, Rudny

Additional information:

Irina Starikova, a journalist of the iagorod.kz , was not allowed to attend the meeting of entrepreneurs with the deputy of the akim of Rudny. «An employee of the internal policy department of the akimat of Rudny said that the meeting was to be "private", and the media representatives are not allowed», – Starikova writes in the article. Then the security officer tried to forbid the journalist from filming and taking pictures.