Articles by Adil Soz – International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech
Freedom of expression in Tajikistan worsening in run-up to elections
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – The following is a capsule report by the National Association of Independent Mass Media of Tajikistan (NANSMIT), an Adil Soz partner: In the run-up to parliamentary elections, the state of press freedom in Tajikistan has worsened. NANSMIT’s monitoring service has documented 337 violations of journalists’ and media outlet’s freedom of expression. The […]
“Respublika” newspaper reporter attacked
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – Andrey Klimonov, a freelance reporter for “Respublika” newspaper and former director of the Kazakhstan Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law’s Aktobe office, was attacked by five unidentified individuals on 30 December 2004 at 10:00 p.m. (local time) near his home in Aktobe. The attackers asked him, “Are you Andrey Klimonov?”, […]
Investigation reopened into harassment of journalist
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – The Internal Affairs Ministry has reopened the investigation of Colonel Berik Bilyalov for allegedly “provoking” reporter Grigoriy Melnikov, of “Vremya” newspaper. The ministry’s investigations unit reinstated criminal charges against Bilyalov, who was accused of “deliberately provoking” Melnikov under Article 308, Part 4, of the Kazakhstan Criminal Code (abuse of professional position for […]
Access to opposition party website blocked
(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”. […]
Reporter assaulted
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – Djamshid Karimov, a reporter with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), was attacked by two unidentified men on the porch of his house in the early morning hours of 21 December 2004. He was knocked to the ground and kicked. The journalist was taken to Djizak hospital for treatment of […]
National Security Committee initiates lawsuit against newspaper’s owner
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 23 December 2004, the Special Inter-District Economic Court in Almaty held pre-trial hearings in the case against Ak tas Ltd., which owns “Soz” newspaper and has been charged with publishing false information. The National Security Committee (NSC) filed a lawsuit after the author of a 23 September “Soz” article wrote that […]
Reporters held by national television station security guards
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – On 24 December 2004, security guards for the Kazakhstan national television station forcibly detained KTK television station reporter Yaroslav Krasiyenko and cameraman Lamzar Lyusan. Krasiyenko and Lyusan were held for about two hours. The camera crew was filming city winter scenes at the time of the incident. After Lyusan began to film […]
Independent newspaper closes after editor threatened with legal action
(Adil Soz/IFEX) – The following is an alert from the Trade Union for Journalists in Kyrgyzstan, an Adil Soz partner: In November 2004, the editorial staff of the independent newspaper “Faktor”, published in the Issyk-Kul region, announced the paper’s closure, citing financial difficulties. However, according to one of the paper’s journalists, who wishes to remain […]