The General Prosecutor's Office responded to the appeal of citizens in the case of "Ratel.kz" and "Forbes Kazakhstan"

On April 16, Adil Soz sent a formal appeal of 358 citizens to four governement bodies with a request to give a legal assessment of the actions of the law enforcement agencies and judicial organs regarding the media Ratel.kz and Forbes.kz, to protect journalists from groundless accusations and to restore the legitimate right of the community for information from these media (http://www.adilsoz.kz/news/show/id/2586).

The General Prosecutor's Office was the first to respond (see the scan below). As expected, the request was redirected to the city attorney. So, we will wait for Mr. Zhuyriktayev’s reaction. Nevertheless, we hope that the other three other addressees of the appeal will also respond - the chairman of the Supreme Court, the chairman of the Majilis (lower chamber) of the Parliament and the minister of information and communications.

Translation of the General Prosecutor's Office’s letter

To Almaty city attorney, Mr. B. Zhuyriktayev

To the President of

International Foundation for

protection of freedom of speech "Adil soz"

Ms.T. Kaleyeva

Almaty, 79 Kaldayakov str, office 404

Hereby forwarded for your consideration the collective appeal of citizens concerning disagreement with the legal measures taken against media units "Ratel.kz" and "Forbes Kazakhstan".

Please inform the authors of the appeal on the results of consideration within the legal period.

For the information of the second addressee we hereby explain that since the appeals are accepted in electronic form, the paper copy of your appeal is sent back to you.

In accordance with Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On electronic documents and electronic digital signatures" an electronic document is equivalent to its paper original copy.

Attachment on 10 sheets.

Head of Service for Public Interest Protection

A.Dyusembekov