Somebody at the State Department has a sense of humor ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Borat, that crass chronicler of the American condition, has been singled out by the State Department as a victim of suppression in his own homeland.

The department’s annual human rights report criticizes Kazakhstan for taking action against the satirical Web site of Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of the fictional Kazakh journalist in the film “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” Baron Cohen also starred in the movie.

The movie depicting Borat’s pseudo-documentary wanderings across the U.S. became an unlikely hit and earned Baron Cohen a Golden Globe acting award. It also generated complaints that Baron Cohen duped his American subjects into making racist and sexist remarks and portrayed Kazakhs in a similarly unflattering light.
Borat, for example, asserted that Kazakhs are addicted to horse urine, enjoy shooting dogs, view rape and incest as respectable hobbies and are fond of “running of the Jew” festivals.