Kazakhstan - Newspaper editor finally released after completing three-year jail term

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is thankful that Ramazan Esergepov, the editor of the weekly Alma- Ata Info, was finally released today, one day after completing a three-year sentence on a charge of collecting and disseminating classified information. “We are very relieved that Esergepov is back with his family but he was not freed until he completed a sentence he should never have served,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The rejection of all his requests for early release on parole and the final (...)

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