Ainur Kurmanov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: April 27, 2017

Attack type:

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

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

Blogger Ainur Kurmanov announced on his Facebook page that his YouTube channel was blocked. He suspects the blocking to have been conducted by security forces, which, he believes sent complaints about copyright infringement from fake addresses on behalf of some Abai Karimov and Abai Sulaimanov.