Jailed Kazakh Journalist awarded Grant by Rights Group

    Jailed Kazakh journalist Ramazan Esergepov has been named a recipient of a Hellman-Hammett Grant for 2011, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.     Esergepov's wife, Raushan Esergepova, told RFE/RL about the award on June 28.     Esergepov, the founder and chief editor of the Almaty-based Alma-Ata Info, was sentenced in August 2009 to three years in...