Three press freedom activists who organised a flash-mob protest in support of jailed Kazakh journalists have been put on trial. The group – which includes Raushan Esergepova, the wife of the jailed newspaper editor Ramazan Esergepov – are accused of holding an authorised demonstration, they have rejected the charges as politically motivated. Kazakhstan’s record on press freedom has come under increasing scrutiny as the country assumes the chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
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