Olesya Vertinskaya
Affiliated media: Road Control, Journalist
Incident date: January 8, 2022
Attack type:
- Confiscation/seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Ak Zhaiyk
Location: Kazakhstan, Atyrau Province, Atyrau
Additional information:
On January 8, police officers took blogger and journalist of the media outlet Road Control Olesya Vertinskaya from her home for interrogation. She was taken to the building located in the yard of the city department of internal affairs — Dinamo gym, which was dubbed in social networks as a «torture room» for participants of rallies. The journalist’s mobile phone was taken away and all video materials were deleted. On January 5, Vertinskaya as a correspondent filmed what was happening on the roads of Atyrau and in the city.