Affiliated media: Orda.kz , Journalist

Incident date: August 12, 2022

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Astana, Nur-Sultan

Additional information:

T correspondent of Orda.kz was not given accreditation for the opening of the new mosque in Nur-Sultan, where former president Nursultan Nazarbayev participated in laying the capsule. The editorial board had been trying to get their journalist accredited for the event ever since the news became known to them. The Nur-Sultan Akimat advised to contact the Presidential Administration. The Presidential Administration said that they are receiving accreditation requests from journalists, but do not know yet on what date the opening is scheduled; they have promised to let them know as soon as the information becomes available. Then, when Orda.kz found out through its sources the date of opening, the Presidential Administration, where journalists again applied to, said that the agency was not involved in this at all and that they had to write directly to the Office of the First President. As a result, the Office of Nazarbayev said that the accreditation had already been closed.