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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Igor Vinyavsky''' ({{lang-rus|Игорь Винявский|p=ˈiɡərʲ vʲɪˈnʲafskʲɪj}}) is a Kazakhstani journalist, an editor for ''[[Vzglyad (newspaper)|Vzglyad]]''. He was arrested on 23 January 2012 for allegedly distributing leaflets demanding an insurrection and imprisoned, seen as a threat to national security by the government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/kazakhstan-newspaper-editor-igor-vinyavsky-05-03-2012,41994.html|title=Newspaper editor pardoned and freed|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|date=11 December 2012|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cpj.org/tags/igor-vinyavsky|title=Journalist as a threat to Kazakhstan's national security|publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists|accessdate=28 December 2012}}</ref> The government indicted him for "making public calls through mass media to violently overthrow Kazakhstan's constitutional regime", in connection with pamphlets distributed two years earlier by people whose connection with Vinyavsky has yet to be established.<ref name='ifex'/> Member organizations of the [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] (IFEX) claimed that the charges were meant to silence criticism of the government.<ref name='ifex'/> On 15 March the Kazakh government was criticized by the [[European Parliament]] (EP) for his detainment; he was released later that day.<ref name='ifex'>{{cite news | title = ALERT: Editor Igor Vinyavsky released | date = 23 March 2012 | url = http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/03/23/vinyavsky_released/ | work = [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] | accessdate = 2012-12-29}}</ref> The EP welcomed the news, and called for the release of other [[political prisoner]]s, including opposition leader [[Vladimir Kozlov (politician)|Vladimir Kozlov]], who was later sentenced to seven and a half years imprisonment.<ref name='kozlov'>{{cite news | title = Kazakhstan opposition leader jailed | date = 8 Oct 2012 | publisher = BBC | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19873237 | work = [[BBC News]] | accessdate = 2012-12-29}}</ref><br />
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