Katerina Popkova

Affiliated media: Khabar 24, Journalist

Incident date: October 4, 2022

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent

Additional information:

A man who introduced himself as the head of a construction company demanded from Katerina Popkova, the journalist of the Khabar 24 TV channel in Shymkent, not to air the story filmed the day before. The report was prepared on the basis of a complaint from the residents of a new building that was «bursting at the seams». In a conversation with the journalist, the man threatened that he «is an influential man and can solve many problems». Despite this, the story about the high-rise building was aired on the news.