Rinat Kibraev

Affiliated media: LIFE KZ, Blogger

Incident date: July 26, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Facebook (LIFE.KZ)

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

On the night between 26 and 27 July, unknown persons attacked bloggers Rinat Kibraev and Valeriy Kudryavtsev during their work adventure- they decided to film pimps and sex workers. “We noticed a suspicious group of people near the Almaty train station and started to film them; in response, two women and two men (one of whom got out a baton) attacked us.”- writes Kibarev. Valeriev received light bodily injuries and Kibarev’s phone got broken. Bloggers filed a report at a police station.