Affiliated media: Nasha Zhyzn, Social and political weekly newspaper

Incident date: March 15, 2022

Attack type:

• prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Province, Pavlodar

Additional information:

Asemgul Syzdykova filed a lawsuit with the Pavlodar City Court for the protection of honor, dignity and business reputation against the editorial board of Nasha Zhyzn, the owner of the newspaper Analytic PV LLP and Ratel.kz correspondent Olga Voronko. According to Voronko, the reason for the lawsuit was the publication «The Love-Criminal Story that Happened in the office of Kazpost» (Ratel.kz, 21.12.2021), which Syzdykova demands to refute. Moreover, the lawsuit also contains claims for compensation for moral damage.