Document #1024060

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Noted Kazakh Journalist Faces Trial On Libel Charges

By RFE/RL's Kazakh ServiceMay 05, 2016

Noted Kazakh journalist Guzyal Baidalinova is on trial in Almaty on libel charges.

Hearings in her case began at the Almaly district court on May 5.

Baidalinova, the owner and editor of the Nakanune.kz online news portal, was arrested in December after one of Kazakhstan's largest banks, Kazkommertzbank, filed a lawsuit against her accusing her of "organization and publishing false information."

Baidalinova rejected the charges, calling them politically motivated.

Nakanune.kz is known for its independence and for publishing criticism of local authorities.

Another journalist who works for the news website, Yulia Kozlova, was acquitted in February on drug charges after police raided her house.

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ecoi.net description:
Prominent journalist and owner and editor of independent and government critic online news portal Nakanune.kz Guzyal Baidalinova is charged with libel; she was accused of "organisation and publishing false information" and arrested in December 2015
Country:
Kazakhstan
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan-journalist-charged-libel-bank/27717402.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
5 May 2016
Document ID:
1024060 (former ID 323779)

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