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Public Prosecutor of Astana got into argument about re-registration of newspaper “Moya Respublika – Facty, Sobytiya, Ludi”

12 may 2010
Ministry of Communication and Information filed an appeal; Public Prosecutor of Astana V. Korchagin made prosecutor’s appeal to court decision of City Court of Astana, concerning newspaper “Respublika”

Public Prosecutor of Astana insisted on renewal of certificate registration of the edition, which was lost by ministry servicemen.

Editorial staff of the newspaper “Respublika- Delovoye Obozrenie Duble 2” has been unable to publish it. It made re-registration from monthly to weekly edition “Moya Respublika – Facty, Sobytiya, Ludi”. Relevant documents were sent to Ministry of Culture and Information in October 2009. It should make re-registration during fifteen days. But, it was impossible, because serviceman of Ministry of Culture and Information, who took relevant documents, lost them.

Editorial staff sent documents to Ministry of Culture and Information several times during last three months. In December 2009 editorial staff addressed to Specialized Inter District Economic Court of Astana with suit. This suit was brought against Committee of Information and Archives of Ministry of Culture and Information in connection with its illegal failure, concerning re-registration of the edition. 

Specialized Inter District Economic Court has satisfied a suit. It was connected with illegal failure of Committee of Information of Archives (Profile Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information, which fulfilled media registration). City Court of Astana dismissed this decision in appeal instance. It bound Committee of Information and Archives to examine statement of LLP “ADP Ltd” (owner of the newspaper “Moya Respublika – Facty, Sobytiya, Ludi”). Plaintiff demanded that defendant provide certificate of re-registration of the newspaper “Moya Respublika – Facty, Sobytiya, Ludi”. But, it was dismissed.

If court satisfied prosecutor’s appeal and bound editorial staff of the newspaper to make a renewal of certificate registration, decision about re-registration of opposition newspaper would be taken in some months.
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