Sayasi kalam/Tribuna Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

A woman walks in front of the palace of culture in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, in April 2017. A Kazakh court has banned an editor from working for three years. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

Kazakh editor convicted of money laundering, banned from journalism

September 7, 2017 12:33 PM EDT

New York, September 7, 2017–A Kazakh court today handed down a suspended prison sentence to Zhanbolat Mamay, editor of the independent newspaper Sayasi kalam/Tribuna, for charges of money laundering, and banned him from working as a journalist for three years, according to media reports. Mamay said he plans to appeal.

Editor arrested in Kazakhstan

February 13, 2017 4:31 PM EST

New York, February 13, 2017–Kazakh authorities should immediately release Zhanbolat Mamay, editor of the independent newspaper Sayasi kalam/Tribuna, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested Mamay, an outspoken government critic, in the capital Almaty on February 10, on suspicion of money laundering, Kazakh and regional media reported.