Affiliated media: Radio Azattyq, Journalist

Incident date: November 20, 2022

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Karaganda Region, Temirtau

Additional information:

At the polling station in Temirtau, during the coverage of the course of voting in the presidential elections of Kazakhstan, members of the polling station tried to obstruct the work of the Radio Azattyq journalist. At first, they forbade taking photos and videos. Then, the chairman of the city election commission, N. Shevchenko, said by phone that the journalist could be present not at the polling station, but only outside it.