Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: Not So Glorious

Borat finds himself the focus of a human rights report issued by the US State Department:
"The government deemed as offensive the content of a satirical site controlled by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and revoked the .kz domain," the report said.
Borat: Internet Martyr. More worrying, however, are these claims:
In its remarks on Sarsenbaiuly's death, the State Department criticised a Kazakh court for failing "to follow up and investigate signs that other parties and high-level government officials may have been involved in instigating the killings".

The report also listed military hazing, torture by police, unhealthy prison conditions, arbitrary arrests, restrictions on freedom of assembly, domestic violence against women, people trafficking and "severe limits on citizens' rights to change their government" as areas of concern.

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