‘It has become extremely difficult for us’: Uncertain future for RFE/RL’s Kazakh service - Committee to Protect Journalists

‘It has become extremely difficult for us’: Uncertain future for RFE/RL’s Kazakh service - Committee to Protect Journalists

Radio Azattyq director Torokul Doorov says it is “very difficult” for journalists not to become activists in the face of “unfairness and injustice” in Kazakhstan. “You just want to start screaming,” says Doorov, who joined the Kazakh arm of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in 2015, and the outlet grew to be one of Kazakhstan’s most influential sources of independent news. But a recent government crackdown—spurred by the outlet’s critical reportin…