# Claim 569

The new domestic rule allows accreditation to be withdrawn for six months over repeated non-compliance at news events, including off-topic questions.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: The new domestic rule allows accreditation to be withdrawn for six months over repeated non-compliance at news events, including off-topic questions.
- Field: action
- Value: six-month withdrawal rule, effective August 20, 2024
- About: [incident 2024-kazakhstan-restrictive-media-accreditation-rules](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2024-kazakhstan-restrictive-media-accreditation-rules)
- Source: CPJ concerned by Kazakhstan's restrictive new media accreditation. https://cpj.org/2024/09/cpj-concerned-by-kazakhstans-restrictive-new-media-accreditation/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2024-09-03

## Quotation from the source

> journalists' accreditation to be withdrawn for six months if they twice fail to comply with rules at news events, which could potentially include asking off-topic questions

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/569. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.