Free Speech (The Kazakh Version)

More from Kazakhstan: as the annual Eurasian Media Forum opens today, with international journalists (including me) debating issues like the media coverage of last year’s Georgia-Russia war, the Eurasianet website reports on concerns about freedom of speech in Kazakhstan itself. Eurasianet says that concerns are being raised by Kazakh journalists about proposed new legislation which they fear will place tough restrictions on Internet media. Read the full story here.