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Identified by international monitoring bodies and diplomatic missions as a priority concern.
- 01The investigation stems from her reporting on 'VD Stroy-Engineering'
- 02Journalists have called for the removal of the 'false information' article from the Criminal Code
- 03Her detention was extended until June 21
- 01dissemination of deliberately false information
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Political Prisoner Watch. (2026). Case file: Botagoz Omarova (PPW case cmph28e9). Retrieved July 6, 2026, from https://politicalprisonerwatch.org/prisoners/cmph28e9v00021vb1kq6yihh7. Original data from Radio Azattyq (https://www.azattyq.org/a/sot-zhurnalist-botagoz-omarovany-uiqamaqta-ustau-merzimin-uzartqan/33761107.html).
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