Comments of the director of the representative
office of Internews Network in Kazakhstan - Oleg Katsiyev in
regard to the lawsuit
Opinion of the journalist, who wrote the article,
does not entirely coincide with our opinion, but, nevertheless, the
article gives an idea on the essence of the lawsuit.
There is no doubt that the accusations are
absurd. We do not see grounds for accusing us in insulting the
person, who is one of the wealthiest and most powerful in the
country. Moreover, his honor and dignity.
We believe that only a normal civilized discussion
of problems of society and mass media will allow finding rational
ways of their solution. And if there is mass media monopoly in
Kazakhstan and if experts discuss this problem, then no bans,
lawsuits and threats will make people keep silence.
We evaluate this lawsuit as pressure on the
international public organization, operating, along with others, on
assistance projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan. This
lawsuit calls in question right of international public
organizations for personal evaluation of situation in Kazakhstan,
right for personal opinion of experts, writing about Kazakhstan,
right of referring to opinions and comments of specialists.
We value our opinion, reputation and honor and will
assert them.
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