Relying heavily on vague antistate charges, authorities jail 145 journalists worldwide. Eritrea, Burma, and Uzbekistan are also among the worst jailers of the press. A CPJ special report
President
Nazarbayev’s government promised reforms in exchange for gaining chairmanship
of the OSCE. But the reforms never materialized and now, as a summit approaches
in Astana, the OSCE is risking damage to its own reputation. A CPJ special
report by
Read CPJ's special report, "Kazakhstan undermines OSCE."
New York, July 8, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the well-being of Ramazan Yesergepov, the ailing imprisoned editor of the now-defunct independent newspaper Alma-Ata Info, who is on a hunger strike for the third consecutive day in a penal colony in the southern Kazakh city of Taraz.
On June 3, I took a six-hour-long drive from Almaty to Taraz with local press freedom advocate Kazakhstan, the
current chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, has
failed to live up to its press freedom commitments, CPJ’s
As of December 1, 2009 | » Read the accompanying report: "FREELANCERS UNDER FIRE"
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