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By: kazakhstan.neweurasia.net » Interview with Kazis Toguzbayev, Journalist/Blogger from Kazakhstan

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:16:30 +0000

[…] Toguzbayev is a Kazakhstani journalist/blogger, who was sued for insulting the honor and the dignity of the president in January 2007 when he uploaded two […]

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Kazakhstan: Money, Kidnapping, Money, Power, Money…

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:55:44 +0000

[…] blog, whose author recently got a two-years suspended sentence, continues providing updates from different authors. As one of them, tiffozi, writes (RUS), […]

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[…] ????????Kazis Toguzbayev?????????????KUB???1?22????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? […]

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By: Mihai Moscovici » Blog Archive » Blogs worldwide (1)

Mihai Moscovici » Blog Archive » Blogs worldwide (1) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:02:01 +0000

[…] Legea presei din Uzbekistan a fost modificata recent si prevede ca toate paginile web intra in categoria mass-media. Astfel s-a creat un precedent prin care blogurile sunt recunoscute oficial ca fiind parte componenta a sistemului mass media a unei tari. In Kazakhstan, legea presei adoptata inca din 1999 stipuleaza ca “toate paginile web aflate in circuitele informationale publice sunt considerate drept mass media”. Iar nu demult un blogger pensionar din Kazakhstan a fost judecat pentru ce a scris pe blog. Detalii aici. […]

By: Irene

Irene — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:18:55 +0000

I think there is a couple of people in the country that could answer the questions. Unfortunately, we do not belong to them.
Another interesting aspect of the case: how many people in Kazakhstan have ever heard of the case? I mean here those people that are often called “electorate” and whose majority resides not in Almaty and have never heard of Toguzbaev, blogging, and to be honets, they do not care about all those things. What they care about is their salary and what they have got in their fridges.
I am sorry to say that but it’s true. I live in a small town, the most of its population work at a metallurgical plant. I have asked a couple of people (with higher education, smart guys!) about their opinion on Toguzbaev’s case, and they all asked me “Who is Toguzbaev?”

By: Leila

Leila — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:54:24 +0000

Yes, Irene, I also found it hard to make sense out of this case. Was KNB instructed to start a case against him? Was it all planned? Or is Toguzbayev a genuine advocate for freedom of speech? But I think that at the end of the day, Toguzbayev has done a great job in challenging the “insult laws”, which do not have place in a modern country.

By: Irene

Irene — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:47:56 +0000

This case is far from being unambiguous. Mr Toguzbaev used to be a KNB Colonel and one of Nazarbaev’s intimate friends. Some say he was “appointed” as “oppositionist N1″.
But what is unambiguous is the following: it has turned out that a carrier of the President’s honor and dignity is… KNB. That’s a rare case, indeed!

By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Crime and Punishment in Kazakhstan

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:05:56 +0000

[…] Toguzbayev, a journalist who uploaded his articles on KUB, a group blog, was tried in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 22 January. In his article, Toguzbayev implied that the President was […]

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KZblog :: Blogger Arrested :: January :: 2007 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:38:17 +0000

[…] an item today that is well worth mentioning. Leila at Kazakhstan.Neweurasia has an article up about a blogger on trial for insulting the honor and dignity of the President, which is a crime in Kazakhstan. In this case […]