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'''Adil Soz''', also known as the '''Adil Soz Foundation''' ({{lang-ru|'''Адил Соз Фонд'''}}) is a Kazakh non-governmental organization which deals with addressing corruption in Kazakhstani law and politics. Cited as a "media watchdog organization",<ref name="Watch2012">{{cite book|author=Human Rights Watch|title=World Report 2012: Events of 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0hMolsPVyf0C&pg=PT607|accessdate=28 December 2012|date=31 January 2012|publisher=Seven Stories Press|isbn=978-1-60980-390-2|page=607}}</ref><ref name="Berg2008">{{cite book|last=Berg|first=Andrea|title=An Atmosphere of Quiet Repression: Freedom of Religion, Assembly and Expression in Kazakhstan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VV5ADwxX6rAC&pg=PA32|accessdate=28 December 2012|date=1 December 2008|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-417-7|page=32}}</ref> it is the only NGO in Central Asia which belongs to the [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] (IFEX). The foundation is supported by [[USAID]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://centralasia.usaidallnet.gov/kazakhstan/partner/257|title=Adil Soz Foundation|publisher=[[USAID]]|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref> Its main goal is "the establishment of an open civil society in Kazakhstan and free, objective and progressive journalism."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/05/adil-sozinternational-foundation-for-protection-of-freedom-of-speech/|title=Adil Soz|publisher=[[International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech]]|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref> The foundation attempts to protect journalists from government interference based on civil rights and freedom of speech which is an issue in Kazakhstan; in 2008 it reported 122 incidents of harassment and violence against journalists from January to November 2008.<ref name="Bergner2008">{{cite book|last=Bergner|first=Jeffrey T.|title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008: Vols. I and II: Joint Committee Print, U. S. House of Representatives and U. S. Senate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqIkQz68_fgC&pg=PA2351|accessdate=28 December 2012|date=1 August 2008|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4379-0522-9|page=2351}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.adilsoz.kz/ Official site]

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