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The International Foundation for Freedom of Speech Protection
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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), an international network of investigative journalists, has published an article on Kazakhstan’s elections to its new unicameral parliament. The article states that the vote took place against a backdrop of mounting pressure on independent journalists.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has published a statement in response to the sentencing of former Orda editor-in-chief Gulnara Bazhkenova, who was sentenced to eight years in prison by a court on 18 August. The international organisation considers the case part of the mounting pressure on the media in Kazakhstan ahead of the parliamentary elections.
In recent months, Kazakhstan has seen a growing practice of courts imposing bans on journalists’ professional activities as an additional punishment.
On 17 August, the Astana Interdistrict Civil Court dismissed a lawsuit against the editorial team of Ulysmedia, whose interests were represented by the International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech “Adil Soz.”
The International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech “Adil Soz” has carefully reviewed the text of the judgment against Gulnar Bazhkenova. It addresses an episode concerning illegal entrepreneurship in the sale of apartments, eight episodes of knowingly disseminating false information, and an episode concerning the misappropriation and embezzlement of funds belonging to OrdaMedia.kz LLP.
