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Rights groups back openDemocracy journalism in face of legal threat

Leading media freedom organisations call for libel action against ‘public interest’ journalism to be dropped

By Jim Fitzpatrick
Rights groups back openDemocracy journalism in face of legal threat
openDemocracy is being sued by a company linked to a Kazakhstan dictator | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
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A group of influential rights organisations have signalled their strong support for openDemocracy’s “public interest” journalism in the face of legal threats, in a joint statement calling for government action.

Earlier this year openDemocracy and other media outlets published separate stories on a UK-registered company, Jusan Technologies Ltd, and a Kazakhstan endowment fund, the Nazarbayev Fund.

The Nazarbayev Fund is a Kazakhstan university and schools endowment fund, associated with the former president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Jusan Technologies Ltd is a UK-registered company that controlled over $7.8bn in gross asset value.

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