Ramazan Yesergepov, the editor of an independent weekly paper in Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata Info, has been jailed for three years on a charge of “collecting information that contains state secrets.” He was sentenced in the absence of a lawyer, his family, and the press. Read more here
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Kazakhstan editor jailed
Ramazan Yesergepov, the editor of an independent weekly paper in Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata Info, has been jailed for three years on a charge of “collecting information that contains state secrets.” He was sentenced in the absence of a lawyer, his family, and the press. Read more here
27 Aug 09
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