Yelena Semenova

Affiliated media: Blogger, Human rights activist

Incident date: October 12, 2018

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Province, Pavlodar

Additional information:

The plaintiff believes that Yelena Semenova, in a post posted on Facebook on February 10th, accused him of committing a serious crime in the performance of his official duties. In the lawsuit, the police officer states that "this publication has led to friends and acquaintances changing their attitude towards him in a negative direction." Zhanibek Zhangaliev asked the defendant for a public apology. In addition to the refutation, Abraev demands to recover 500,000 tenge from the human rights defender in compensation for moral harm.