Kazakh Reporter, Rights Activist acquitted of Libel

01.09.2011
    A rights activist and RFE/RL reporter in northwestern Kazakhstan has been acquitted of libel, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports.     Alima Abdirova was sued by the former director of a special-needs boarding school in Aqtobe after she alleged children there were being abused.     The allegations were published in a local newspaper in May.     Abdirova...