Articles by Adil Soz – International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech
Journalist arrested
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 24 April 2005, officers of the Aininsk District Internal Affairs Department arrested Djumaboi Tolibov, a journalist and the head of the legal department of Aininsk district administration (Ispagan village, Aininsk district, Soghdiy region), in Dushanbe. The journalist is still being held in an isolation cell. The journalist was reportedly detained in […]
Issue of newspaper seized
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – The 20 May 2005 edition of “Set KZ” newspaper, the successor paper to the recently closed “Respublika Delovoye Obozreniye” (“Republic Business Review”) newspaper, was confiscated. Early in the morning on 20 May, traffic police in Almaty stopped the car that was delivering copies of “Set KZ” to vendors. Refusing to identify themselves, […]
Information Ministry shuts down “Respublika Business Review” newspaper
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 4 May 2005, the Culture, Information and Sport Ministry’s Information and Archives Committee shut down “Respublika Business Review” (“Respublika Delovoye Obozreniye”) newspaper and “Respublika Analytical Weekly” (“Respublika Analiticheskiy Yezhenedelnik”) newspapers after an Appeals Court upheld an earlier 25 March district court ruling. “Respublika Business Review”‘s editorial board received a letter of […]
Newspaper, journalists convicted of defamation and fined
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 6 April 2005, a Medeu District Court judge in Almaty found “Zhas Alash” newspaper and journalists Ruslan Yerbota and Yerik Rahimov guilty of defamation. The court obliged the paper to pay 100,000 tenge (approx. US$750) in moral damages to plaintiff Serik Abdrahmanov, a deputy in the lower house of Parliament. Yerbota […]
Journalist with “Hurriyat” newspaper arrested
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 9 April 2005, Sabir Yakubov, a journalist for “Hurriyat” independent newspaper, was arrested and taken into custody. Witnesses reported that he was taken from his flat by police officers. He managed to make only one phone call, to inform his roommate that he had been arrested. His whereabouts remain unknown. It […]
Judges’ association sues “Varorud” newspaper
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – “Varorud” newspaper is a co-defendant in a civil action brought against it by the Association of Judges of the Republic of Tajikistan. The Sughd Regional Court’s Collegium for Civil Cases began hearings into the case against Faiziniso Vohidova, head of the Center for the Support of Legal and Economic Reforms in Sughd […]
Documents and electronic files stolen from opposition newspaper editor’s flat
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 30 March 2005, unidentified individuals broke into the flat of Alberg Zhiger, an editor-in-chief of “Alternativa”, the only opposition newspaper in Zhambyl region. In Zhiger’s absence, burglars forced the door of his flat open and took disks containing archive materials belonging to the paper’s editorial board and information needed for the […]
Public Committee to Protect Freedom of Speech protests increasing pressure on independent media in lead up to presidential election
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – In a 9 March 2005 statement, the Public Committee to Protect Freedom of Speech, of which Adil Soz president Tamara Kaleyeva is a member, protested against the increasing pressure faced by independent mass media. The statement follows: ADDRESS OF THE PUBLIC COMMITTEE TO PROTECT FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN KAZAKHSTAN After examining numerous […]