Kazakhstan’s presidential campaign found grossly unfair; journalists, independent media harassed, threatened
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 5 January 1999 HRW report on irregularities during the Kazakhstan presidential election, including including harassment, intimidation and threats against journalists and independent media: **Updates IFEX alert of 11 November 1998** Kazakhstan’s presidential campaign found grossly unfair (January 5, 1999) — Coercion, threats and the repression of opposition activists have […]
Clamp down on private media in run-up to elections
(IPI/IFEX) – IPI is expressing concern about independent reports which indicate that the Kazakh government is clamping down on the private media in the run-up to the 10 January 1999 elections. According to IPI’s information, the authorities have visited many independent media offices and warned journalists and media owners against covering the opposition candidates, or […]
“Izvestia” journalist Vladimir Ardayev criticised by President; press accreditation may not be renewed
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has threatened to expel Vladimir Ardayev, the Kazakhstan correspondent for “Izvestia”, and accused him of working against the principle of friendship between the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Nazarbayev’s threats stem from recent reports by several media outlets – among them the newspapers “Izvestia”, “Nezavissimaya Gazeta”, “Vecherni Bishkek”, “Panorama” […]
Prosecutor withdraws suit against Kazakh edition of Russian daily “Komsomolskaya Pravda”
On 24 July 1996, the Medeus District People’s Court judge closed the case against the Kazakh edition of the Russian newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. **Updates IFEX alert dated 31 May 1996** At a court hearing on 17 July, the paper was ordered to print an apology within a week for publishing a controversial 23 April article, […]
Russian daily “Komsomolskaya pravda” charged with violating Kazakh Constitution
According to correspondents of the Kazakh edition of the Russian daily “Komsomolskaya pravda”, on 29 May 1996 the newspaper’s editors and a local District Court judge were unofficially summoned through an anonymous posting of a notice in the local newspaper “Karavan” for talks with the Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan, Maksut Sultanovich Narikbaev. During the meeting, […]