Kazakhstan - Journalists beaten with baseball bats while trying to cover oil workers' strike

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that two journalists with Stan TV, an Almaty-based independent news website and online TV station, were attacked and beaten with baseball bats today while on their way to film a strike by oil workers in the western province of Mangystau. “This gratuitous violence is shocking,” Reporters Without Borders said. “There were many witnesses and the car used by the attackers has been identified. We demand a swift and impartial investigation. The (...)

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