Olesya Vertinskaya
Affiliated media: Road Control, Journalist, Blogger
Incident date: January 20, 2022
Attack type:
- Court trial
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Adil Soz
Location: Kazakhstan, Atyrau Province, Atyrau
Additional information:
Blogger and journalist of the online media outlet Road Control Olesya Vertinskaya became a party to the trial in the administrative court of Atyrau on charges of participation in an illegal rally. It follows from the administrative report that on January 5, 2022, Vertinskaya O.V. was on Isatay and Makhambet Square in Atyrau and took part in an unauthorised rally. Vertinskaya plead not guilty and proved in court that she was on the square as a journalist and fulfilling an editorial assignment. The court terminated the proceedings on the case of administrative offence due to the absence of corpus delicti in the actions of Vertinskaya.