Kazakhstan
Briefly… What is the Post-Protest State of Media Freedom In Kazakhstan?
RFE/RL Kazakh Service Managing Editor Mukhtar Senggirbey describes the increasingly dire situation facing independent media and civil society in Kazakhstan.
Central Asia In Focus: Turkmenistan’s Former President Back In Charge
Preview Text: Changes to Turkmenistan’s parliament, China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Taliban’s electricity supply, update on RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service, and more.
RFE/RL Journalists Targeted As Kazakhstan Protests Spiral
RFE/RL President Jamie Fly criticized the targeting of Kazakh journalists covering fuel price protests that have spiraled beyond the government’s control.
Threats To RFE/RL Journalists Multiply As World Marks Press Freedom Day
Media freedom is under severe pressure throughout RFE/RL’s 23-country coverage region.
Briefly… Aigerim Toleukhanova, RFE/RL Kazakh Service
RFE/RL Kazakh Service journalist Aigerim Toleukhanova talks about media development in Central Asia, the challenges facing journalists in Kazakhstan, and prepping for a big interview. Briefly is a series of…
RFE/RL Protests Kazakhstan’s Refusal To Accredit Journalists
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has complained to the Kazakh government that its refusal to accredit two of its journalists.
RFE/RL Names New Central Asia Director
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has named Hamid Ismailov as the company’s new Regional Director for Central Asia, effective February 1.
Kazakhstan Targets Protesters, RFE/RL, And Other Media On Election Day
Kazakh authorities detained two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists and refused accreditation to seven more during a tightly controlled snap election intended to name a successor to former President Nursultan Nazarbaev, who resigned…
For RFE/RL Journalists In Kazakhstan, Impact Comes At A Cost
Recent detentions and fines targeting two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists in Kazakhstan suggest that the country’s new political uncertainty may be generating increased pressures for independent media.
RFE/RL Journalists In Kazakhstan Targeted While Covering Protests
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Svetlana Glushkova was detained during protests today in Kazakhstan, the fourth such incident in recent weeks involving one of the company’s journalists.