Kazakhstan - Lukpan Akhmedyarov: "The judicial system has become a way of hounding independent news media"

Reporters without borders

This is an exclusive Reporters Without Borders interview with Lukpan Akhmedyarov, a Kazakh journalist who will receive the receive the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism at a ceremony in Washington today. Akhmedyarov was the target of a murder attempt in April and has been subjected to judicial persecution ever since. Lukpan Akhmedyarov, can you tell us about the lawsuits you are facing? Lawsuits and demands for millions of tenge (tens of thousands of euros) in (...)

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