Yeskendir Turysbekov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: September 5, 2021

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, Jambyl Province, Zhanatas

Additional information:

Public activist and blogger from Zhanatas Yeskendir Turysbekov was a defendant in a civil suit for the protection of business reputation and recovery of compensation for moral damage against Zh. Smagulov, Akim of the rural district. The reason for the suit was a Facebook post about a cemetery in the rural district of Zhaiylma drowning in rubbish, near which the village administration opened a landfill. The court refused the head of the district in full satisfaction of the claim.