Affiliated media: nethouse.ru, Internet resource

Incident date: February 17, 2017

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan

Additional information:

Dmitry Varby addressed the blog of the Minister of Information and Communications, Dauren Abaev, about the blocking of the Internet resource nethouse.ru (website designer). Varby stressed that there is no illegal content on this website, and in addition, the site operates an online store, and as a result of the lack of user access to the site, he as the owner was suffering material losses, which affected the payment of taxes in benefit of the state.