Looks like city administration finally found a way to deal with pensioners actions of protest without bringing in the police troops. Freedom of Speech Violation in East Kazakhstan. For now this is the last development in this notorious case of press persecution. As soon as newspaper published an article containing this text it was accused of attempts to violate the Constitutional order and territorial integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The situation is both sad and comical.
Newspaper is punished for publishing a text given to everyone by an official agency.
This is a political goal and the appeal itself does not contain a description of methods separatists planned to employ. The text does not mention violence or force in any part. Creation of autonomy itself is not a violation of territorial integrity it is an attempt to change administrative-territorial division within the Republic and has nothing to do with its territorial integrity. The same about Constitutional order it can not be affected by changes in administrative-territorial division. Court also failed to explain what constitutional order really is as there is no definition of this term in the legislation.