Affiliated media: Uralsk Week, Newspaper

Incident date: April 12, 2017

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk

Additional information:

Uralsk court No. 2 is considering Nurbol Islyamov's claim against the editorial board of the newspaper "Uralsk Week" regarding the obligation to publish a rebuttal to the deputy head of the West Kazakhstan region's department for regulation of natural monopolies and competition protection. According to the plaintiff, the "knowingly inaccurate presentation of information" affects his business reputation and damages the image of the public sector as a whole.