Сөз бостандығын қорғау халықаралық қоры
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The International Foundation for Freedom of Speech Protection

JSC "Ak Biday-Terminal" charged news agency "Kazakh-Zerno" with libel and demanded KZT100000000

12 october 2012
October 12, 2012

JSC "Ak Biday-Terminal" has filed a suit against editor of news agency "Kazakh-Zerno" Sergei Bukatov and owner of the agency Mansur Rasulov to Petropavlovsk City Court. They were charged with "Libel" under article 129 of Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The charges originated from nine articles, published on the website www.kazakh-zemo.kz from November 01, 2011 to April 09, 2012. Corn traders faced to problems, concerning shipment of the corn for export by sea over port Aktau.

JSC "Ak Biday-Terminal" executed shiftment of the corn, they thought that there was a publication of untruth and misleading information which discredited business reputation of JSC "Ak Biday-Terminal" and it "convinced a reader of the website of illegal activity of joint-stock company, practically directly charging it with corruption by a way of intrusion of some dusty schemes".

News agency has dismissed to call names of journalists who were published under pen-names Alimbek Gabitov and Liya Strik; charges were filed to the editor-in-chif and owner of news agency.

News agency, its owner LLP "Kazakh-Zerno" and S. Bukatov should recover KZT100000000 (1USD=150.53) as moral damage compensation.
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