Zhanbolat Mamay - Justice for Journalists

Zhanbolat Mamay

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: May 1, 2021

Attack type:

  • prosecution for violation of the honour, dignity and business reputation; violation of privacy following civil lawsuit

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Acca.media

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

First Deputy Chairman of the ruling party Nur Otan Bauyrjan Baibek filed a lawsuit for the protection of honor, dignity, and business reputation against the opposition journalist, blogger, and political activist Zhanbolat Mamay and his wife — journalist Inga Imanbay. The reason for the lawsuit was the film of Mamay «Bauyrjan Baibek: Corrupt business empire of the son of Nazarbayev’s classmate», published on YouTube.

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