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On September 12, 2014 Court of Appeal of Almaty City Court which was presided by judge Nurlan Mukhamedzhanuly has partially changed judgment of Almalinsk District Court № 2 of Almaty which was awarded on June 30, 2014, according to suit of veterans of the Great Patriotic War which was filed against editor of magazine "Anyz Adam" ("Man of Legend") Zharylkap Kalybai. Court of appeal has reduced the amount of compensation of moral damage from KZT thirteen millions to KZT one million and three hundred thousand; KZT one hundred thousand should be paid to everyone.

The editor-in-chief of magazine "Adam Bol" Guljan Ergalieva said, that in the morning on September 08, 2014 her personal notebook computer, notebook computers of accountant-administrator and one of the employees were stolen from editorial office of magazine "Adam Bol".

On September 05, 2014 Medeu District Court of Almaty has awarded judgment, according to suit about protection of honour, dignity and business reputation and admission of discredited disseminated information of deputy for imam of mosque "Imangali" (Atyrau) Ersyn Amre which was filed it against owner of magazine "Adam Bol – LLP "Adamdar" ("People").

The new Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan has strengthene responsibility for slander and introduced punishment up to ten years of deprivation of liberty for spread of misleading information.

August 29, 2014 The correspondent of newspaper "Pravda Kazakhstana" Makhambet Abzhan informed the following information. On August 29, 2014 he carried out video recording in the building of Specialized Interdistrict Administrative Court (Astana)....

August 26, 2014 The analytical report "Situation with freedom of speech in Kazakhstan in the first half of 2014 year" was posted on the website www.adilsoz.kz  in Russian language. The report was made on materials of International Foundation for...