Международный фонд защиты свободы слова
The International Foundation for Freedom of Speech Protection
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The International Foundation for the Protection of Freedom of Speech "Adil Soz," in partnership with the British Embassy in Kazakhstan, is delighted to announce the launch of the Solutions Journalism Lab II. This initiative builds on the success of the original Solutions Journalism Lab, which ran from September 2023 to February 2024 and gained significant recognition.
The International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech"Adil Soz" expresses deep concern over the attack on Talgat Umarov, a journalist with the online publication Umarovnews.kz, which occurred on 20 November 2024 in the West Kazakhstan Regional Court building.
This case, or rather a series of cases, should be compiled into a teaching case for law faculty curricula and included in lectures on journalism law. In April 2023, the Constitutional Court ruled that media outlets have the constitutional right to publish photographs of individuals without their consent if the publication is conducted to protect the constitutional order, maintain public safety, safeguard human rights and freedoms, or preserve public health and morality.
Today, 4 November, the Inter-District Civil Court of Astana held closing arguments in the collective lawsuit filed by nine journalists against the Ministry of Culture and Information and the Ministry of Justice. The journalists are challenging several provisions of a new order that establishes the "Model Rules for Accrediting Journalists", arguing that these provisions are restrictive and unconstitutional.
On October 31, the first hearing took place in the Inter-District Civil Court of Astana regarding a collective lawsuit filed by nine journalists against the Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan. The lawsuit challenges the provisions of a new order, which prohibits accredited journalists from disseminating information received from government agencies through any media outlet other than the one that accredited them.
However, instead of providing clear and direct responses to the journalists' concerns, the defendants' position only raised further questions.
