Korkem Usibaliyeva
Affiliated media: Otyrar, Journalist
Incident date: July 13, 2022
Attack type:
- Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Adil Soz
Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent
Additional information:
Korkem Usibaliyeva, the journalist of the Otyrar TV channel in Shymkent, came to shoot a report about the race organized in honor of City Day. Police officers were watching the order at the sporting event. One of the policemen refused to let the film crew in. The media representatives showed their press cards, however, the police officer began to raise his voice at the journalist and said that now he would register Usibaliyeva as a violator of order. The journalist was allowed to cover the race only after the intervention of the press service of the Police Department.