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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Svoboda Slova’

  • The Naked Truth

    This is one way to promote a new website: Guljan Yergaliyeva, who resigned as editor of the Svoboda Slova newspaper in January in protest against government repression of the media, particularly during the push to pass a referendum to extend the President’s term until 2020, has launched a new media site Guljan. As a symbol […]

  • Igor Larra

    Two Attacks on Journalists

    Another article that got lost in the to-post-on files: Two reporters Attacked. The first was Igor Larra who works for the independent newspaper Svoboda Slova (Freedom of Speech) on the 24th of March in Aktobe, Kazakhstan near his home. The attackers, three men, allegedly said “Greetings from Zhanaozen” before beating him. At the time, there […]