According to Adil Soz, a local press freedom group, unidentified perpetrators have launched cyberattacks against at least nine independent media outlets and numerous journalists in Kazakhstan since November 2023.

Severnya and husband were sentenced to prison on charges of extortion after reporting on Kazakhstan's military affairs

The Coalition For Women In Journalism expresses deep concern for well-known reporter Marina Nizovkina who has made a public appeal for protection following intimidation by police.

Man drives over drone of award-winning reporter Saniya Toiken while she reported on a power plant.

Men dragged journalist Diana Saparkyzy by her arms out of a mine after she interviewed relatives of miners who died in an accident.

Kazakhstan journalist Sandugash Duysenova, known for her investigative work on social issues and corruption, was humiliated and tortured by investigators during detention.

RSF correspondent Janna Baytelova and Uralskaya Nedelya's editor-in-chief Tamara Eslyamova convicted of conducting illegal opinion polls.

Head of Meduza, Galina Timchenko, reveals her phone was hacked with Pegasus while in Berlin.

In January, journalist Dinara Yegeubayeva’s car was set on fire outside her home, now her son is threatened by an unknown person at gunpoint.

Yevgenia Baltatarova, an independent journalist from Buryatia, was detained at Almaty International Airport and restricted from leaving the country.

Dorozhniy Kontrol correspondent Olesya Vertinskaya was attacked outside her home in Ataryu on the morning of Tuesday, July 19.

Authorities have shut down several news platforms and detained journalists in order to curb the ongoing protests in the country.

HOLA News editor-in-chief Zarina Akhmatova and founders Alisher Kaidarov and Adilet Tursynbek were forced to resign after the website of the independent news network was made widely inaccessible for users. HOLA News was forced to remove its report on the Pandora Papers, implicating former president Nursultan Nazarbayev’s believed extra-marital partner Assel Kurmanbayeva as a beneficiary of secretive offshore payments, before its website was restored after 10 days. The Coalition For Women In Journalism is deeply concerned at this blatant infringement on press freedom. We extend solidarity to Zarina, and HOLA News founders and team, and demand that the news organization is allowed to operate independently without interference.

Blogger and YouTuber Aigul Utepova was arrested on September 17, 2020, and placed under house arrest on September 20, 2020, pending her trial. It has been more than six months since the journalist’s arrest. Aigul is only allowed to leave her apartment in case of a medical emergency. Kazakh judicial authorities have charged Aigul for participating in political movements labeled as extremist by the government.

Journalists faced interference by the police while covering the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan on January 10, 2021. Saniya Toiken of Radio Free Europe’s Radio Azattyk was among those whose phones were confiscated by the police. The Coalition For Women In Journalism condemns such harsh treatment of journalists.