Jokhar Utebekov

Affiliated media: Almaty City Bar Association, Blogger

Incident date: December 21, 2018

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

A lawsuit to protect the business reputation of the Almaty City Bar Association against lawyer Jokhar Utebekov was considered in the Court of Almaty. The reason for the proceedings was two of Utebekov's posts on Facebook, in which he, according to the plaintiff, disseminated false information that tarnished the business reputation. On December 21st, the court partially granted the bar's claim. The controversial fragments of the posts were found to be untrue and tarnished the plaintiff's business reputation. The court ordered Utebekov to refute them on his personal page within 10 calendar days after the court's decision came into force and to keep the text of the refutation on the same page for one year.