Kazakhstan should drop `false information´ case against critical media outlets
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned a criminal investigation against the Kazakh investigative news site Ratel.kz and the magazine Forbes Kazakhstan for allegedly spreading `false information`. In addition, IPI urged Kazakhstan to stop the blocking of Ratel.kz and its social media channels. On April 2, 2018, police raided the offices of Forbes Kazakhstan and Ratel.kz, confiscating computers, documents and even bank cards of certain journalists. On the same day, Ratel.kz Editor-in-Chief Marat Asipov, Deputy Editor Sapa Mekebayev and columnist Anna Kalashnikova, along with Forbes Kazakhstan Deputy Editor Alexander Vorotilov, were arrested and questioned for several hours...