Vremya - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Vremya, Newspaper

Incident date: August 28, 2020

Attack type:

  • Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

According to the court decision, the editorial office of the Vremya newspaper must pay the entrepreneur Malik Yeenbayev KZT 80,000 (about USD 200) as compensation for moral damage. The reason for the trial was the article by the correspondent of the media Mikhail Kozachkov «Vicious ties» telling about the divorce proceedings, which the former wife of the businessman Julia has been trying to recognize as illegal for three years.

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