neweurasia.net Press Roundup

At neweurasia.net, there is a press roundup which talks about the new media bill in Kazakhstan. The post states:

Across the border in Kazakhstan, President Nazarbayev has approved a new media bill, which according to the CPJ, gives his government “unlimited power to close independent and opposition media outlets for technical and administrative violations”. The Kazakh Minister of Culture and Information defended the bill, saying it will “safeguard the public’s trust in the Kazakh media”.