Kyrgyzstan

Four unidentified men severely beat Abduvahab Moniyev in the center of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.

(PAJ/IFEX) – On 7 May 2009, Yrysbek Omurzakov, the chief editor of the independent social and political newspaper “Tribuna”, was beaten in Bishkek. The attack happened in the center of city. Omurzakov was on his way to work with his son, when he stopped his car because two others were blocking their way. Once they […]

(Adil Soz/PAJ, interim member/IFEX) – On 22 April 2009, Inter District Court of Bishkek Judge Elmira Baytikova ruled in favour of the Zhannat Hotel in its lawsuit against the “Uchur” independent newspaper. The newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Aslanbek Sartbayev, said a lawsuit was launched by the hotel for “moral and material damages” after the paper reported that […]

(PAJ/IFEX) – The following is a statement by Public Association “Journalists” (PAJ), an interim member of IFEX: Ulugbek Babakulov and Elena Ageyeva, the editor-in-chief and a correspondent for the Russian newspaper “Moskovskiy comsomolets” respectively, were beaten and mugged by unknown persons after midnight on 26 March 2009 in Bishkek. The assailants took a cell phone, […]

(PAJ/IFEX) – The following is a statement by the Public Association “Journalists” (PAJ), an interim member of IFEX: Cameraman Bakhadir Kenzhebayev beaten in Osh An unidentified person attacked Osh TV and Radio Company senior cameraman Bakhadir Kenzhebayev on 7 March 2009, in Osh, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan, located in the Fergana Valley in […]

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Kyrgyzstan

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 March 2009 CPJ press release: KYRGYZSTAN: Independent journalist stabbed in Bishkek New York, March 3, 2009 – An unidentified attacker stabbed a reporter outside his newsroom in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, today, according to the regional news site Ferghana. Syrgak Abdyldayev, a political reporter and commentator with the independent […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 27 February 2009 Human Rights Watch press release: Kyrgyzstan: Reverse Ban on Human Rights Defender (Bishkek, February 27, 2009) – The Kyrgyz government should reverse its decision to bar Russian human rights defender from visiting Kyrgyzstan, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 26, 2009, Vitalii Ponomarev, director of […]

World Report 2009: Kyrgyzstan

(Adil Soz/IFEX) – The following is a joint Adil Soz and Public Association “Journalists” (PAJ) alert: Journalists are frequently being summoned for questioning by the Special Services of Kyrgyzstan. On 5 December 2008, the founder of the local Buran radio station, independent journalist Rakhmanzhan Islamov, was summoned for questioning at the Department of the State […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 June 2008 CPJ press release: KYRGYZSTAN: Police raids newspaper, confiscates computers, seals newsroom New York, June 17, 2008 – Police in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek raided the newsroom of independent newspaper De-Facto on June 14, taking all its financial records, confiscating computers, and sealing the newsroom, the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 15 May 2008 CPJ press release: KYRGYZSTAN: Broadcasting bill rolls back press freedom gains New York, May 15, 2008 – The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to veto a bill that would reverse efforts to reform Kyrgyzstan’s state television and radio company (KTR) […]

Annual Report 2008: Kyrgyzstan

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 10 April 2008 CPJ press release: KYRGYZSTAN: Saipov’s murder investigation shut down again New York, April 10, 2008 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the Kyrgyzstan authorities’ closure of the investigation into the October murder of Alisher Saipov, editor of the independent Uzbek-language weekly Siyosat (Politics). […]

World Report 2008: Kyrgyzstan

Attacks on the Press in 2007: Kyrgyzstan