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March 12, 2012 · No comments

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Read in Russian / читать по-русски Казахстан 2012 Kazakhstan, which considers itself a regional model after holding the rotating presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2010, seems to be straying from its fine promises to embark without detours on the road to cybercensorship. In 2011, a unprecedented social protest movement prolonged by a violent uprising, a wave of odd attacks and the Head of State’s health problems made the authorities even more nervous, causing them to tighten their control over information, especially online

CPJ urges Kazakhstan to stop repressing media

February 17, 2012 · Comments Off

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - Dear President Nazarbayev: The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply disturbed by the ongoing crackdown by Kazakhstan's security service, the KNB,

Kazakhstan – Make rights key to good relations, says Human Rights Watch

February 8, 2012 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: The rights organisation is concerned about the violent crackdown on protesters and online censorship that occurred following a strike in the oil-rich

Kazakhstan – Twenty-nine IFEX members call for release of independent newspaper editor

February 8, 2012 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Twenty-nine IFEX members have signed a letter to the Prosecutor General about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed

‘New battle for hearts and minds’ in former Soviet space? — NED

October 8, 2011 · Comments Off

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Are authoritarians winning the war of ideas in the former Soviet bloc?

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Kazakhstan – Authorities harass independent online TV station, close studio — IFEX

October 3, 2011 · Comments Off

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Harassment of Stan TV and the independent news agency Namystan intensified after they covered an unprecedented strike by oil workers in the

Upheld Sentence for Kazakhstani Lawyer a Miscarriage of Justice — Freedom House

September 28, 2011 · Comments Off

Freedom House: Freedom House condemns the decision today by a Kazakhstani appellate court to uphold the guilty verdict against Natalya Sokolova, the lawyer for the trade union

Uzbekistan – Charges dropped against freelance journalist Elena Bondar — Reporters Without Borders

August 30, 2011 · Comments Off

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders notes that the Uzbek authorities have dropped all charges against Elena Bondar , a freelance journalist who was

Attacks on the Press 2010: Kazakhstan

February 15, 2011 · Comments Off

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -

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• New laws restrict online news media, shield government officials from scrutiny.
• OSCE chairman Kazakhstan undermines organization