There were cheers and hugs for Kazakh journalist Amangeldy Batyrbekov after a court acquitted him of libel charges for criticizing an education official on Facebook. A judge overturned a prison sentence of more than two years on January 9 and made a rare apology before Batyrbekov left the court a free man.
Originally published at – https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakh-journalist-released-and-acquitted-of-libel-charges/30368319.html
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