http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/keeping-an-eye-on-mangystau-province/ Mon, 20 May 2013 17:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.neweurasia.net/politics-and-society/keeping-an-eye-on-mangystau-province/comment-page-1/#comment-81900 neweurasia.net » Kazakh free press is being censored into oblivion, but was it ever really free to begin with? Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:25:44 +0000 http://www.neweurasia.net/?p=19030#comment-81900 [...] So, last week a court in Kazakhstan banned Stan.tv from operating on the charge of extremism — and in a few weeks, Astana shall ascend to the UN Human Rights Council. There’s a full-on censorhip tsunami sweeping the country, taking out news agencies, websites, broadcasters, political parties and even the US Peace Corps, and one way or another, it seems the epicentre of the earthquake is in the 2011 Zhanoazen riots. [...] [...] So, last week a court in Kazakhstan banned Stan.tv from operating on the charge of extremism — and in a few weeks, Astana shall ascend to the UN Human Rights Council. There’s a full-on censorhip tsunami sweeping the country, taking out news agencies, websites, broadcasters, political parties and even the US Peace Corps, and one way or another, it seems the epicentre of the earthquake is in the 2011 Zhanoazen riots. [...]

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