Kazakhstan Sentences Journalist Gulnara Bazhkenova to Eight Years in Prison as Pre-Election Press Crackdown Intensifies
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Kazakhstan sentences journalist Gulnara Bazhkenova to eight years in prison as pre-election press crackdown intensifies
New York, August 19, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is shocked by the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Gulnara Bazhkenova, former editor-in-chief of independent outlet Orda, in Kazakhstan on August 18, and warns that this latest prosecution appears to be part of an escalating crackdown on the media ahead of elections this month. An Almaty...
Punishment: The Court in Almaty sentenced the former editor-in-chief of Orda Gulnara Bazhkenova to eight years ' imprisonment and found her guilty of illegal business, dissemination of false information and embezzlement of the property entrusted to her; the publication itself reports this; because of the presence of a minor child, Bazhkenova was allowed to postpone the sentence for two years; she was also prohibited from carrying out journa…
The court in Almaty found the former editor-in-chief and co-founder Orda Gulnar Bazhkenova guilty of illegal business, embezzlement and embezzlement, as well as the dissemination of false information known to be false, reports Azattik Asia.
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