Articles by Adil Soz – International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech
Forty IFEX members call for the protection of women who exercise free speech
Forty IFEX members express solidarity with women who have been the victims of violence for exercising their free expression rights.
Thirty-one IFEX members and 24 other organisations condemn harsh crackdown on press freedom
While calling on the Moroccan government to stop the current crackdown against press freedom, 31 IFEX members and others condemn the recent arrests and harassment of journalists and independent press.
Twenty-three IFEX members and other organisations raise concerns about proposed mechanisms to combat racial intolerance
23 IFEX members and other organisations call for the defeat of proposed legal mechanisms and say that attempts to address racial or religious hatred should conform to standards of international law.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on President Museveni to lift the ban on the four radio stations and address the state of free expression
Condemning the shut-down of four radio stations and a violent crackdown on members of the press during a period recent social unrest, 31 IFEX members call on President Museveni to guard free expression rights.
Editor sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
On 8 August 2009, editor-in-chief Ramazan Yesergepov was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for “illegally obtaining and divulging state secrets”.
Thirty IFEX members sign on to appeal to Parliament deploring proposed changes to NGO law
Thirty IFEX members have signed on to a joint letter to the parliamentary chair deploring the proposed changes to the Azerbaijan Republic Law on Non-governmental Organisations.
Bishkek court fines newspaper
(Adil Soz/PAJ, interim member/IFEX) – On 22 April 2009, Inter District Court of Bishkek Judge Elmira Baytikova ruled in favour of the Zhannat Hotel in its lawsuit against the “Uchur” independent newspaper. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Aslanbek Sartbayev, said a lawsuit was launched by the hotel for “moral and material damages” after the paper reported that […]
“Taszhargan” newspaper and journalist Almas Kusherbayev ordered to compensate government official in defamation case
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 16 January 2009, a court ordered the Kazakh opposition newspaper “Taszhargan” and one of its reporters to pay US$25,000 in compensation in a defamation case. The case stemmed from an article published in the newspaper in April 2008. The author, Almas Kusherbayev, expressed his opinion on the problem of the increasing […]