Amangeldy Batyrbekov

Affiliated media: Saryagash info, Journalist

Incident date: September 23, 2019

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, South Kazakhstan Province, Saryagash

Additional information:

Journalist Amangeldy Batyrbekov was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison on charges of defamation and insult. The complaint was filed with the court by Bakhtiyar Abdiev, head of the education department of the Keles district, about whom Batyrbekov had published a post on his Facebook page entitled "Idiotism in Keles".