During shooting of protest action camera man Victor Gudz suffered head injury
15 april 2014
April 15, 2014
On April 15, 2014 journalists of television channels "KTK", "31 Channel", Kazakhstan news agency "Interfax-Kazakhstan", "Radio Azattyk" ("Radio Freedom") and Internet-channel "16/12" covered the protest action in Astana, where women with children chained themselves to the fence near General Prosecutor's Office; it was done in protest at expulsion. The reporter of "Radio Azattyk" ("Radio Freedom") Svetlana Glushkova informed, that policemen have twisted arms of journalists and cameramen; they banned to shoot the break-up of protest action. The cameraman of Internet-channel"16/12", who shot it suffered head injury; policemen attempted to damage his videocamera.
The employee of Internet-channel "16/12" Sanat Urnaliev informed, that policemen knew, that they had dealing with journalists. Policemen asked journalists to provide their service certificates, in order to write data on journalists.
A part of journalists intended to file a complaint of obstruction of professional activity of a journalist under article 155 of Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
On April 15, 2014 journalists of television channels "KTK", "31 Channel", Kazakhstan news agency "Interfax-Kazakhstan", "Radio Azattyk" ("Radio Freedom") and Internet-channel "16/12" covered the protest action in Astana, where women with children chained themselves to the fence near General Prosecutor's Office; it was done in protest at expulsion. The reporter of "Radio Azattyk" ("Radio Freedom") Svetlana Glushkova informed, that policemen have twisted arms of journalists and cameramen; they banned to shoot the break-up of protest action. The cameraman of Internet-channel"16/12", who shot it suffered head injury; policemen attempted to damage his videocamera.
The employee of Internet-channel "16/12" Sanat Urnaliev informed, that policemen knew, that they had dealing with journalists. Policemen asked journalists to provide their service certificates, in order to write data on journalists.
A part of journalists intended to file a complaint of obstruction of professional activity of a journalist under article 155 of Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
