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Free Expression & the Law
Freedom of Assembly
On 23 June at least eight journalists were targeted and detained in a round of mass arrests ahead of a planned protest in the city of Almaty. This disturbing video shows people being grabbed off the streets by uniformed, often balaclava-wearing security agents.
Kazakhstan Highlights
IFEX members call on officials in Kazakhstan to review the law on 'dissemination of deliberately false information’ as well as the disproportionate and legally questionable actions recently taken against critical media.
Free Expression & the Law
Kazakh opposition journalist Zhanbolat Mamay was finally released but was sentenced to a three-year restriction on his movements and a three-year ban on working as a journalist after being convicted on a trumped-up money-laundering charge.
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
Members of IFEX wrote an open letter on behalf of Kazakh Editor Zhanbolat Mamay, calling for a fair and impartial handling of charges against him and full investigation into his mistreatment in prison and threats made to his family.
Cathal Sheerin for IFEX
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
16 February 2017
Human Rights Watch
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
Freedom of Assembly
29 November 2016
Human Rights Watch
Freedom of Assembly
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
20 October 2016
IFEX
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
30 September 2016
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Digital Rights
Kazakhstan
11 August 2016
Human Rights Watch
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
Freedom of Assembly
22 June 2016
Freedom House
Censorship
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
26 May 2016
Freedom House
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
Freedom of Assembly
18 May 2016
Adil Soz - International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
15 March 2016
Committee to Protect Journalists
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
24 February 2016
Human Rights Watch
Digital Rights
Censorship
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
1 February 2016
Freedom House
Digital Rights
Censorship
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
5 January 2016
Human Rights Watch
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
13 November 2015
Human Rights Watch
Digital Rights
Censorship
Kazakhstan
19 October 2015
Freedom House
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
29 September 2015
Adil Soz - International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech
Digital Rights
Censorship
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
18 September 2015
Human Rights Watch
Digital Rights
Censorship
Kazakhstan
Freedom of Assembly
25 August 2015
Reporters Without Borders
Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
Kazakhstan
17 June 2015
Reporters Without Borders
Censorship
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
2 December 2014
PEN International
Human Rights Watch
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
29 October 2014
Human Rights Watch
Censorship
Kazakhstan
Free Expression & the Law
6 October 2014
Human Rights Watch
Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
Kazakhstan
15 April 2014
Committee to Protect Journalists
Attacks
Free Expression & the Law
Kazakhstan
8 April 2014
Committee to Protect Journalists
Censorship
Kazakhstan
27 February 2014
Human Rights Watch
Attacks
Kazakhstan
23 August 2013
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