OSCE Criticizes Kazakh Press Law

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti has called on Kazakhstan's authorities to abandon plans to require licenses for all printing presses.

Haraszti said on March 5 that "license-free printing presses are the prerequisite for a free media landscape" and requiring licenses is "contrary to international standards."

Kazakhstan is trying to get the OSCE rotating Presidency in 2009.

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