Korkem Usibaliyeva

Affiliated media: TV channel Otyrar, Journalist

Incident date: November 13, 2023

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent

Additional information:

On November 13, the Specialised Inter-District Criminal Court of Shymkent passed a verdict on a high-profile case against the former deputy head of the anti-corruption service, former city prosecutor M. Kozhabayev and businessman Z. Gulamov. They were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. «After the verdict was announced, an unprecedented scandal broke out. Relatives of the convicts in an aggressive manner asked journalists to leave the court walls. They began to push the cameramen and showed obscene gestures. The only one who dared to comment on the judge’s verdict to journalists was Maksat Kozhabayev’s daughter», — reports the correspondent of the TV channel Otyrar Korkem Usibaliyeva. In addition to the TV channel Otyrar, the journalists of the TV channel Khabar 24, news website elitar.kz, and others were present in the hall.