Kazakhstan - “Missing” journalist reappears, but freedom of information doesn't

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved that the journalist Tokbergen Abiyev has “reappeared” after causing much concern by going missing on 20 December (see below) but is appalled to learn that he irresponsibly staged this disappearance to make people think he had been kidnapped. “This episode would be laughable if the situation of freedom of information in Kazakhstan were not so serious,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The last thing the country's journalists needed at this critical juncture (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 7 janvier 2013