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– "False information" laws must not be used to silence the media in Kazakhstan (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News May 18, 2018

IFEX members call on officials in Kazakhstan to review the law on 'dissemination of deliberately false information’ as well as the disproportionate and legally questionable actions recently taken against critical media.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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