Событие Lyazzat Asanova - Justice for Journalists

Lyazzat Asanova

Affiliated media: Breath of the Region, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: April 21, 2019

Attack type:

  • Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, South Kazakhstan Province, Turkestan

Additional information:

The editor of the newspaper "Breath of the Region", Lazzat Asanova, was found guilty by the Tole Bi District Court under Article 130 part 2 ("Slander") of the Criminal Code and sentenced to a fine of 500 monthly notional units (1,202,500 tenge). The head of the education department of the Tole Bi district, Rosa Amanova, had filed the complaint with the court.

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