NazarNews Editor-in-Chief Gulzhan Sheripbaeva was detained. She is accused of calls for mass riots. The lawyer reported.
She was charged in the presence of a duty lawyer and placed in the temporary detention center of the State Committee for National Security.
Gulzhan Sheripbaeva posted on social media that she was taken to the State Committee for National Security for interrogation. It is unknown what she was questioned about and what specific speech or publication the case was related to.
In October, the Ministry of Culture decided to block NazarNews website unless the editors remove false information that discredits the honor, dignity and business reputation of the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Akylbek Japarov. After receiving the letter, which was signed by the deputy head of the ministry, Chyngyz Esengulov, the publication was removed from the website and it was not blocked.
In her social media posts, Gulzhan Sheripbaeva supports ex-customs officer Raiymbek Matraimov.
