Affiliated media: ratel.kz, Publication's social media page

Incident date: April 4, 2018

Attack type:

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

Source: Radio Azattyk

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

On April 4th, Judge Gulmira Beisenova issued an additional ban on "Analytic portal ratel.kz"'s Facebook page. On April 5th, Vadim Boreiko, a journalist and regular contributor to the Ratel.kz website, announced on his Facebook page that the site was suspending its work. The group "Friends of the Ratel.kz site" and the site's official Facebook page also suspended their work.