From: Vladic Ravich (vravich@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue Nov 09 2004 - 13:26:24 EST
KAZAKH COURT THROWS OUT OPPOSITION SUIT AGAINST TV STATIONS
A court in Almaty has thrown out a lawsuit against three television
channels by the opposition parties Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK)
and the Communist Party of Kazakhstan, Interfax-Kazakhstan reported on 8
November. The two parties accused the TV channels KTK, Khabar, and
ORT-Yevraziya of causing them "moral damage" by suspending their
advertisements in the run-up to 19 September parliamentary elections
(see "RFE/RL Newsline," 16 September 2004). DVK presidium member
Vladimir Kozlov said that the court ruled that the plaintiff had failed
to prove that the parties incurred damage from the TV channels' actions.
Describing the court's ruling as "biased," Kozlov said that his party is
currently discussing an appeal that "will most likely go to the Supreme
Court." DK
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