Institute for War and Peace Reporting

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Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

Kazakhstan publishes ‘foreign agent’ register with names of journalists and media outlets

New York, September 21, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists expressed concern over Kazakhstan’s publishing of the names of journalists, media outlets, press freedom organizations, and information agencies as part of a new registry of individuals and entities that receive foreign funding. “Kazakhstan’s inclusion of journalists, media, and human rights organizations in a published list of…

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Sergei Naumov was accused, tried, convicted, and sentenced for hooliganism on Saturday, September 21. (Fergana News)

Uzbek journalist jailed on hooliganism charges

New York, September 24, 2013–Uzbek authorities should immediately release Sergei Naumov, an independent freelance journalist who reports on human rights abuses in the closed Central Asian society, and scrap the fabricated charges against him on appeal.

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