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Campaigns and Advocacy - Kazakhstan

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Joint action - Kazakhstan

Twenty-seven IFEX members call for investigation into brutal attacks on journalists

Twenty-seven IFEX members appeal for end to impunity in recent brutal attacks on journalists in Kazakhstan, including near-fatal attack on Luqpan Akhmedyarov in April.

Joint action - Kazakhstan

Twenty-nine IFEX members call for release of independent newspaper editor

Twenty-nine IFEX members have signed a letter to the Prosecutor General about the detention of editor Igor Vinyavsky, whose detention is believed to be politically motivated, calling for him to be released and for the evidence leading to his arrest to be made public.

Kazakhstan

ARTICLE 19 opposes Kazakhstan's candidacy for membership in UN Human Rights Council

ARTICLE 19 opposes this candidacy due to the poor human rights record of the Kazakh government and its failure to implement recent pledges to improve press freedom.

Joint action - Kazakhstan

OSCE commitments remain unfulfilled, ARTICLE 19 and Adil Soz note

Kazakhstan's authorities have failed to fulfil their commitment to review the defamation legislation and adopt access to information legislation.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan failing to uphold press freedom pledges to OSCE, panellists warn at IPI/CPJ briefing

CPJ noted that not only has Kazakhstan not kept its promises but the press freedom situation has possibly degenerated further over the past two years.

Kazakhstan

CPJ calls on OSCE to put Kazakh press freedom on summit agenda

Kazakhstan, the current chair of the OSCE, has failed to decriminalise libel and has passed new, restrictive Internet and privacy laws, CPJ noted.

Kazakhstan / United States

CPJ asks Obama to raise poor press record with Kazakhstan

On 12 April 2010, US President Obama will be meeting in Washington with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Joint action - Kazakhstan

Twenty-two IFEX members sign on to letter to Parliamentarians urging them to consider NGO proposals on media reform

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - The following is a joint letter to the Deputies of Parliament by twenty-two IFEX members:

Kazakhstan / Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia

Adil Soz advances advocacy dialogues, building strong regional links for free expression

Rinata Alibekova was recently hired as the IFEX Central Asia Project Coordinator and is based at the office of IFEX member Adil Soz, in Kazakhstan. In her role, Rinata is seeking to initiate new advocacy efforts while supporting ongoing activities across the region with organisations in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, working together to advocate for freedom of expression in Central Asia.