Marina Nizovkina

Affiliated media: vera.kz , Journalist

Incident date: July 22, 2019

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Shymkent, Shymkent

Additional information:

After the material was published on the site, Marina Nizovkina received a call from the city's internal policy department and was asked to remove the article. The journalist refused. Then there was a call from the Shymkent police department's press secretaray, Asel Sadenova. She threatened that the journalist would be prosecuted for spreading false information and also demanded that the publication be removed. Marina Nizovkina informed her that the site had published the mother's opinion and would not remove the article.