> A new mass media law appears only to strengthen state power, ensuring government monitoring of all publications, and the system of 'press cards' for journalists, according to Human Rights Watch, gives the government a convenient loophole to exclude those who criticize the authorities from the profession.

**Касым-Жомарт Токаев** · 2025-02-28

Document: The Diplomat: Tokayev’s ‘New Kazakhstan’: Rebranding the Old Guard?

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Qaz.Vision card: https://qaz.vision/tezis/1060?lang=en
Primary source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/02/tokayevs-new-kazakhstan-rebranding-the-old-guard/