Document #1187163

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Kazakh Police Raid Opposition Paper

By RFE/RL
 
February 02, 2012
Kazakh police interrogated the deputy editor of an opposition newspaper and raided its offices in Almaty over her support for an arrested journalist.
 
The weekly paper "Golos Respubliki" (Voice of Republic) issued a press release saying security forces confiscated computers and equipment from its offices on February 2 and summoned its deputy editor, Oksana Makushina, to the National Security Committee twice -- on February 1-2.
 
It said Makushina was questioned regarding a press conference she held on January 30 calling for the immediate release of Igor Vinyavsky, the editor of the Almaty-based "Vzglyad" newspaper.
 
Vinyavsky has been detained for two months while investigations are being launched into allegations that he was involved in deadly clashes between police and striking oil workers in the country's southwest in December.

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ecoi.net description:
Almaty: Deputy editor of the opposition newspaper Golos Respubliki interrogated by police over her support for an arrested journalist; the newspaper's offices were also raided
Country:
Kazakhstan
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan_police_raid_opposition_newspaper/24471484.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
2 February 2012
Document ID:
1187163 (former ID 209609)

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