Kazakhstan - Newspaper editor Igor Vinyavsky still in prison

Reporters without borders

In a show of support for Igor Vinyavsky, the editor of the Kazakh independent daily Vzglyad, who has been held for more than a month, Reporters Without Borders is publishing an interview he gave on 1 July 2011 in which he condemned his newspaper's persecution in the courts and the government's constant efforts to restrict access to online resources. The authorities have not produced any evidence against Vinyavsky and have not even given any specific reasons for his arrest on 25 January. (...)

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