A journalist in Kazakhstan was severely beaten and left for dead near his home in Astana, the country's capital. Ularbek Baitailaq, a national archive employee, has written for the opposition Dat weekly, the Chetvyortaya vlast (Fourth Estate) newspaper and the Altyn Tamyr magazine.
His beating on Wednesday (8 August) followed an attack three days before on Andrew Tsukanova, a correspondent with the Voice of the Republic newspaper in Almaty, the former capital.
Tsukanova, who lost consciousness after being struck from behind, said his attacker stole his passport, press credentials and a train ticket to the city of Taraz, where he was due to cover the trial of human rights defender Vadim Kuramshin.
Source: IPI
