Oralgaisha_Omarshanova
Oralgaisha Omarshanova
Kazakhstani journalist
Oralgaisha Omarshanova (Kazakh: Оралғайша Омаршанова, Oralğaişa Omarşanova) (1968 – went missing 30 March 2007)[1][2] was a Kazakh journalist.[3] She worked for the paper Zakon i Pravosudiye ("Law And Justice"), based in Astana. On 30 March she had secured a trip to Almaty Region to cover the clashes between Kazakhs and ethnic Chechens in the villages of Malovodnoye and Kazatkom, but never arrived.[4] She had told a colleague previously that she had received threats by phone. She was last seen getting into a jeep in Almaty.[5]