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The convicts were not brought to court. As Matayev's lawyer Madina Bakieva said, according to the Criminal Procedure Code convicts should be delivered to court for appeal hearings in case of prosecutor's demand to increase punishment or in case of examination of evidence. As Mrs.Bakieva supposed, the court did not consider the presence of Matayevs necessary.

Regional Health Department demands 10 million tenge from the newspaper for publication of the story about a kidnapped newborn baby

Appeal hearings on the case of Seitkazy and Aset Matayev will begin on December 5 at 10 AM in the City Court of Astana

Press conference “What is Bigeldy Gabdullin accused of?” was held at Kazakhstan Press Club on November 23, 2016.

PEN International today expressed its serious concern over the arrest on 15 November 2016 of journalist Bigeldy Gabdullin, the President of the Kazakh PEN Club in connection with alleged extortion. The organization fears he may have been targeted for his reporting critical of government officials. It is calling for him to be released unless clear evidence of a criminal offence is made available and he is charged and tried promptly and fairly in accordance with international fair trial standards.

The prominent public figure Murat Auezov, president of International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech “Adil Soz” Tamara Kaleyeva and journalist Kenzhe Tatilya on behalf of editorial staff of the newspaper “Central Asia Monitor” wrote open letter. It was connected with arrest of publisher of newspaper “Central Asia Monitor” and Internet-portal Radiotochka.kz Bigeldy Gabdullin.