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April 3 the special Presidential Election will take place in Kazakhstan.

The central election committee of Kazakhstan has refused the delegation of the representative in structure of the commission of the Central Electoral Committee at the period of the pre-term presidential election to the “Azat”.

Some may say this is traditional Royal high jinks. But the charge sheet against Andrew is very long and it is undermining the valuable, diligent work of the rest of the Royal Family.

On March 11th the Central Electoral Commission asked the State Office of Public Prosecutor to check up on the information about these infringements.

CANVAS has worked with dissidents from almost every country in the Middle East; the region contains one of CANVAS’s biggest successes, Lebanon, and one of its most disappointing failures, Iran.

New laws restrict online news media, shield government officials from scrutiny. OSCE chairman Kazakhstan undermines organization with repression at home.

Kazakhstan reminds me of Egypt or Tunisia, says Muratbek Ketabayev, President of Grazhdanskaya Aktivnost (Civil Activity) Kazakh Foundation.

Kazakhstan follows Tunisia and Egypt scenario by mind of the President Civic Activity Foundation Muratbek Ketebaeyv

Kazakhstan announced early presidential elections to be held on April 3, 2011.

More than half of 9 mn registered voters in Kazakhstan signed a petition earlier calling to hold a referendum to extend the President’s mandate.

Alexander Lukashenko himself and his two sons are to be affected by penalties. Their assets are to be frozen, too.

The conference “Kazakhstan: Freedom of the Media and Freedom of Civil Society” organised by the Open Dialogue Foundation under the auspices of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI).

Conference organised by Open Dialogue Foundation under the auspices of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI).

Vzglyad newspaper (Ayna Ltd.) was charged the amount of 30 million 854 thousand 629 tenges.
Golos Respubliki (ADP Ltd.) was charged 12 million 803 thousand 530 tenges.
Azat and Alga newspapers (Kiyal Ltd.) were charged 26 million 298 thousand 250 tenges.

The purpose of the planned referendum is inconsistent with Kazakhstan’s international obligations and we hope the competent authorities will take the appropriate steps to stop this initiative.