Thursday, November 19, 2015

Kazakhstan Jails Pro-Russian 'Separatist' Blogger

A fundamental principle of the human rights is that all individuals have the right to freedom of opinion and expression.  On November 19, 2015, Mansur Mirovalev wrote an article in the human rights section of Aljazeera.com. This article discusses various aspects of a Russian blogger facing five years in prison for publicizing an online poll. “An ethnic Russian blogger from Kazakhstan's east was given five years in jail for publishing an online poll as whether his region should follow Ukraine's Crimea did, court officials said on Thursday.”
The blogger alleged that he did not create the poll and removed the link as soon as the poll became controversial.
        The primary point is that blogs and other various forms of social media are used everywhere without specific rules. Specifically, I have this blog because schools encourage students to participate in this type of communication. Internet is the electronic thread that connects the world. However, the Internet has routinely been blamed for creating chaos such as unauthorized and confidential information leaks and active recruitment of terrorism. As soon as children learn how to read and write, they immediately want to participate in social media. I strongly believe that the Internet needs to be regulated in order to definitely delineate what is truly illegal behavior with respect to Internet usage.

Yiby Person

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/kazakhstan-jails-pro-russian-separatist-blogger-151119111401275.html

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