Interesting decisions were made by the Kazakh Themis regarding blogger Elmar Khusainov, who insulted and slandered another blogger, Alzhan Ismagulov. According to the victim most likely this happened because Khusainov is a friend of the state secretary of the republic Yerlan Karin. This story began in February 2021. Ismagulov then participated in the trial of […]
Last weekend, a rally organized by journalists took place in Almaty against the new media law currently being drafted by the Ministry of Information and Social Development (MISD). True, this action was a little like a rally. As ACCA has already reported, the MISD of Kazakhstan promised to develop a new law on the media […]
The American company Lookout Inc., which specializes in cybersecurity, has discovered spyware that the authorities of Kazakhstan use to spy on their citizens. The company published information about the scandalous discovery on the corporate website. As noted in the publication, the Hermit program, which is a spyware for Android, was developed by the Italian company […]
The proposals of the Ministry of Information and Social Development to develop a new law on the mass media not only didn’t please the representatives of journalistic human rights organizations, but also alerted them. As ACCA has already reported, on June 15, the first meeting of the working group on the development of a new […]
The Ministry of Information and Social Development of Kazakhstan is developing a new law on mass media. The current law, adopted in July 1999, according to both Kazakhstani journalists and international human rights organizations, is not only morally outdated, but also doesn’t withstand any criticism. As ACCA has already reported, the relevant department has been […]
There were some violations at the referendum, which was held in Kazakhstan on June 5 concerning the issue of amending the Constitution. As ACCA has already reported, the mission of observers from the CIS countries officially stated that the referendum was held at a high organizational level and that the few and minor violations were […]
Murat Abdilda, a 35-year-old blogger from Turkestan region, who has more than 40,000 followers on Instagram and over 111,000 followers on Tiktok, was convicted under Article 174 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan for “Inciting social, national, tribal, racial, class or religious hatred”. By the verdict of the judge of the City Court of Turkestan […]
The developers of the scandalous bill, which strengthens control over social networks, managed to push through some anti-democratic norms, despite public outcry and assurances from deputies that they would not let them through. As ACCA has already reported, on May 4, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the law “On amendments and additions to certain […]
he President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, signed the sensational law “On amendments and additions to certain legislative acts on the protection of the rights of the child, education, information and informatization”. To the credit of the head of state, the law didn’t include scandalous amendments that strengthen control over social networks. As ACCA has already […]
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