Marina Nizovkina

Affiliated media: vera.kz , Editor

Incident date: June 30, 2019

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent

Additional information:

The convict in a criminal trial forbade journalists who came to the announcement of the verdict to film his face. According to the editor of the website vera.kz, Marina Nizovkina, as it was just a loudly voiced wish, and the judge did not rule on a filming ban, the correspondents continued their work. However, the bailiffs began to cover their cameras with their hands and hit their phones. Marina Nizovkina, editor of the vera.kz website, was also hit. Brushing her assailant off, she accidentally hit another reporter with her phone. As a result, media representatives were ejected from the courtroom.