Nurken Aynabekov - Justice for Journalists

Nurken Aynabekov

Affiliated media: Online activist

Incident date: June 8, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent

Additional information:

The specialized inter-district court for administrative offences of Shymkent considered a case of libel against activist Nurken Aynabekov. A request to bring Aynabekov to administrative responsibility was filed by Mazhilis deputy B. Nazhmetdinuly. The reason was the activist’s Facebook post from January 31 entitled «How did the criminal become a deputy?», in which he reported on the deputy’s criminal record and the details of that case. The court dismissed the administrative case due to lack of corpus delicti.

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