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The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns attack on a reporter in Kazakhstan and calls on authorities to immediately investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice.

The staff of the Open Dialogue Foundation hereby informs about potential attempts, made by the Kazakh government to discredit the Foundation in order to eliminate this organisation as one of the sources of independent information about the situation on human rights and media freedom in Kazakhstan

An authoritative German media holding ‘Deutche Welle’ posted an article on its web site which discusses some characteristic features of Kazakh justice in matters relating to combating corruption in the country.

It was reported that on the 30th of March, 2012 an administrative case was initiated against Lyudmila Gorbenko

During the hearing related to the tragic events in Zhanaozen on the 16th of December, 2011, an injured policeman abandoned his claim against the defendants.

The published video is a staged, unsuccessful attempt to discredit opposition figures in the eyes of the public

The case on persecution

In early March 2012 the international community placed high expectations on Kazakhstan. But the situation began to change dramatically after the prominent opposition leaders

Journalist Irina Mednikova and Head of Publications Dissemination Department, Julia Kozlova were met by the security services at the entrances of their homes.

The case on persecution

Irina Mednikova, the editor of the “Voice of the Republic” newspaper, and the head of the Publications Dissemination Department, Yulia Kozlova, were detained by officers of the Department of the National Security Committee.

Interview with Igor Vinyavskiy, the editor of the ‘Vzglyad’ newspaper, given after his release.

Editor of the Kazakhstani opposition newspaper “Vzglyad,” was given amnesty and released from the Committee of National Security’s detention center

Meeting took place in Brussels

The statement of the ‘Khalyk Maidany’ organisation regarding the so-called ‘liberation’ of Natalia Sokolova