Central Asia's week that was #50
Kazakh satirist convicted, Kyrgyz expats in Moscow harassed, and more alleged coup plots. Also, Kazakh music returns to Facebook, anthem contest dead-end, and Tajik president reported to ICC.
So this happened…
A satirist in Kazakhstan was sentenced to five years of “restricted freedom” for posting a song deemed offensive to Russians. Temirlan Yensebek, creator of parody Instagram page QazNews24, a local analogue of spoof news website The Onion, was convicted on charges of inc…
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