Whether a cameraman is a journalist?

At the court hearing for interferring the legal professional activities of Khabar 24 journalists in Petropavlovsk, the defendant's lawyer doubted that a cameraman could be considered a journalist, and even membership in the Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan "does not give the right to be called a journalist."

He believes that article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan assumes intereffing with the activities of a journalist, and not a cameraman, or a director, etc. The victim Tolegen Imanov had to remind of the existence of  TV journalism.

In addition, the lawyers of the defendant, Sultan Sagandykov, head of security at the shopping center, filed 4 motions: to invalidate several protocols in the case, to invalidate the proceedings starting from 04/21/2022, to issue a private ruling to the investigating authorities and return the case to the preliminary hearing. The judge rejected the last one, the other three remained open.

"Adil soz" comments:

In accordance with the current legislation,  journalists are employees of a registered media outlet who cover events by writing  texts, or taking video or photo.

The objections of the defense of the accused are legally groundless and are an attempt to mislead the court.