Defamation to remain criminal charge in Kazakhstan and 27 European countries: no freedom of speech for Kazakhstan only?

    Defamation is expected to remain a criminal charge in Kazakhstan’s revised criminal code, Tengrinews reports, citing First Deputy Prosecutor General, Logan Merkel.     During a discussion of the new draft criminal code, Merkel brought up letters from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Union (EU) calling on...