(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 7 January 2005, access to the Ak Zhol opposition party’s official website, http://www.dpkakzhol.kz, was blocked. Users attempting to access the Ak Zhol website were automatically redirected to the website of internet services provider Nursat at http://w3.nursat.net/, where the following message was posted: “The page you are looking for is currently unavailable”. […]
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 7 January 2005, access to the Ak Zhol opposition party’s official website, http://www.dpkakzhol.kz, was blocked. Users attempting to access the Ak Zhol website were automatically redirected to the website of internet services provider Nursat at http://w3.nursat.net/, where the following message was posted: “The page you are looking for is currently unavailable”.
Another opposition website, http://www.kub.kz, said that the Ak Zhol website was blocked soon after it published an Ak Zhol executive committee statement entitled, “Democratic future of Kazakhstan is in danger!”. The statement criticised a court ruling that banned the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan opposition party and accused authorities of violating the political rights and liberties guaranteed to Kazakhstani citizens by the country’s Constitution.
