A Climate of Fear for LGBT People in Kazakhstan
Human Rights Watch
23 July 2015
Ranked 185th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
Ranked 187th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
2 May 2014
"Authorities ban outlets, websites affiliated with independent Respublika"
Committee to Protect Journalists
11 February 2014
Ranked 161st in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
Websites blocked; libel remains criminal offense
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Ranked 182nd in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
Government invokes anti-extremism laws to ban unregistered opposition parties
Freedom House
17 January 2013
Former security agent and two accomplices charged in abduction and murder of journalist Gennady Pavlyuk
Committee to Protect Journalists
22 February 2012
"In a bid to maintain a facade of stability at all costs, the Kazakh authorities have stepped up their persecution of the few independent voices and are trying to gain control of the Internet"
Reporters Without Borders
25 January 2012
"The environment for freedom of expression remains restrictive"
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2012