19 November 2003

FIRST INDEPENDENT PRINTING PRESS OPENS


Freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan has taken a small step forward with the opening of the country's first independently owned printing press, reports Freedom House.

Operated by the Media Support Center Foundation, a local non-profit organisation, the new printing press debuted on 14 November in the capital, Bishkek.

Freedom House has been working for the past two years to help establish the printing press.

Financial support was provided by the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Open Society Institute.

Visit these sites:

- Freedom House: http://www.freedomhouse.org/media/pressrel/111403.htm

- Public Association "Journalists": http://www.monitoring.kg/index_eng.html



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Also from the Communiqué, 19 November 2003

INTERNATIONAL: WIPC, RSF CALL ATTENTION TO IMPRISONED WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS WORLDWIDE 18 November 2003 COLOMBIA: RADIO HOST KILLED 19 November 2003 BELARUS: PEN LAUNCHES LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN 19 November 2003 IRAN: PEN CANADA TO KEEP WATCH ON KAZEMI TRIAL 19 November 2003 TUNISIA: CUBA/TUNISIA: JAILED JOURNALISTS FREED 19 November 2003 INTERNATIONAL: WSIS PROCESS FAILING TO AFFIRM FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 19 November 2003 SOUTH AMERICA: IAPA LAUNCHES SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR LATIN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS 19 November 2003 INTERNATIONAL: Open Society Seeks Consultants for EU Media Monitoring Project 19 November 2003

Kyrgyzstan

Supreme Court upholds verdict in Askarov case 21 December 2011 Two media owners sentenced in absentia 16 November 2011 New president should uphold human rights, end media restrictions, says Human Rights Watch 27 October 2011 Three men found guilty in journalist's death 18 October 2011 Independent journalist brutally attacked 15 August 2011 See all alerts: Kyrgyzstan


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