Affiliated media: Tribune: The Political Field, Newspaper

Incident date: January 31, 2017

Attack type:

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

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

On 31st January, Inga Imanbai, editor-in-chief of the republican newspaper "Tribune: The Political Field", reported that "Business Information" had been refused permission to print its next issue without explanation. According to Inga Imanbai, this is a step towards the closure of the undefeated edition, a so-called "technical blockade". At the same time, the founder of "Business Information" claims that the newspaper has a debt to pay for the services of the printing house.