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Link to victim’s work ignored in trial of Kyrgyz journalist’s accused murderers

Published on 8 June 2011Read

Political stubbornness

Journalist kept in prison against the law

Published on 22 February 2011Read

Copies of opposition weekly seized, journalists arrested

Reporters Without Borders condemns a wave of harassment of news media and journalists critical of a proposed referendum that would allow (...)

Published on 21 January 2011 Read

Kazakhstan must be reminded of its human rights obligations at Astana summit

Reporters Without Borders is appalled that Kazakhstan, as this year’s holder of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s rotating (...)

Published on 29 November 2010 Read

Imprisoned journalist complains to United Nations

Reporters Without Borders supports the complaint that imprisoned journalist Ramazan Esergepov has sent to the United Nations Human Rights (...)

Published on 3 August 2010 Read

More court rulings violating freedom of expression

Reporters Without Borders condemns a 21 April ruling by a court in the western city of Ural ordering a local newspaper, Uralskaya Nedela (Ural (...)

Published on 26 April 2010 Read

Bailiffs attack TV reporter inside parliament complex

Another journalist has been the target of a physical attack just three days after Igor Lara was badly beaten in the western city of Aktobe. (...)

Published on 24 March 2010 Read

Court climbdown interrupts latest government offensive against media

Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday’s climbdown by a court in the Almaty district of Medeu as a victory for independent news media and press (...)

Published on 10 February 2010 Read

Despite heading OSCE, Kazakhstan continues to suppress free expression

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the prosecution of three press freedom activists for organising a “flash mob” in support of imprisoned (...)

Published on 13 January 2010 Read

Newspaper editor’s three-year jail term confirmed on appeal

A court in the southern city of Taraz has upheld independent newspaper owner and editor Ramazan Esergepov’s three-year jail term and two-year (...)

Published on 23 October 2009 Read

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Kazakhstan - 10 August 2011

Internet agency retreats on filtering, but does not give up

Kazakhstan - 8 August 2011

Heavy fines for two independent newspapers

Kazakhstan - 3 August 2011

Nakhchivan authorities continue to harass IRFS correspondent

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He is the editor of Erk, the last opposition newspaper in Uzbekistan until it was banned by the authorities in 1993, and he was jailed on 18 August 1999 in the wave of repression after the failed assassination attempt on President Islam Karimov in Tashkent on 16 February 1999.

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