Administration of forum “Opinions, comments, retorts” intended to have legal proceedings with government of Republic of Kazakhstan
14 april 2010
On April 14, 2010 administration of forum “Opinions, comments, retorts” (partner of Internet-portal “Respublika”) made a press release.
Internet-resource “Opinions, comments, retorts” (http://comment-resp.com) was barred by republican provider “Megaline” (OJSC “Kazakhtelecom”). They did not receive any notifications and warnings from Kazakhstan’s provider or other organizations by this occasion.
Administration of forum did not distribute illegal content and had not any court claims. Their website has been as discussion zone, where materials of Internet-portal “Respublika”, sensational social and political events in Kazakhstan, Central Asian countries, Russia and other ones were discussed.
They were censored by state power of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The access to Live Journal http://www.livejournal.com and http://blogspot.com with the blog of Eugene Zhovtis was blocked during one more year; access of Kazakhstan’s users to video service YouTube http://www.youtube.com has been barred from last events in Kyrgyzstan.
The state authority of the Republic of Kazakhstan was subjected to criticism. They expressed their opinion that it was one of the reasons for blocking of forum.
Administration of forum intended to address to some international organizations for protection of human rights and freedoms, intellectual property and information security with claims and alerts about illegal actions of Kazakhstan’s provider and Ministry of Communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
There was a fact of violations of freedom of speech and right for access to information.
They brought a suit against provider and government of Kazakhstan; providers and government of Russia instituted a claim against Republic of Kazakhstan.
Internet-resource “Opinions, comments, retorts” (http://comment-resp.com) was barred by republican provider “Megaline” (OJSC “Kazakhtelecom”). They did not receive any notifications and warnings from Kazakhstan’s provider or other organizations by this occasion.
Administration of forum did not distribute illegal content and had not any court claims. Their website has been as discussion zone, where materials of Internet-portal “Respublika”, sensational social and political events in Kazakhstan, Central Asian countries, Russia and other ones were discussed.
They were censored by state power of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The access to Live Journal http://www.livejournal.com and http://blogspot.com with the blog of Eugene Zhovtis was blocked during one more year; access of Kazakhstan’s users to video service YouTube http://www.youtube.com has been barred from last events in Kyrgyzstan.
The state authority of the Republic of Kazakhstan was subjected to criticism. They expressed their opinion that it was one of the reasons for blocking of forum.
Administration of forum intended to address to some international organizations for protection of human rights and freedoms, intellectual property and information security with claims and alerts about illegal actions of Kazakhstan’s provider and Ministry of Communication of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
There was a fact of violations of freedom of speech and right for access to information.
They brought a suit against provider and government of Kazakhstan; providers and government of Russia instituted a claim against Republic of Kazakhstan.
