Following in the footsteps of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan [1], Kazakhstan has stopped [2] [ru] showing The Dictator [3], Sacha Baron Cohen [4]‘s latest spoof blockbuster. Baron Cohen's 2006 comedy film, Borat [5], which ridicules Kazakhstan has also been banned in the country. Responding to the news, @registan_net [6] tweets [7]: ‘Come on, Kazakhstan, people are going to start thinking you hate Sacha Baron Cohen.’
Kazakhstan Joins the Central Asian Ban on ‘The Dictator’
· Written by Alexander Sodiqov
Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Arts & Culture, Citizen Media, Film, Freedom of Speech, Humor, Politics