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Alerts - Kyrgyzstan

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Kyrgyzstan

Government blocks access to prominent site Ferghana News

The country's telecom provider says the order to block the independent news site comes from the prime minister himself.

Kyrgyzstan

Supreme Court upholds verdict in Askarov case

The Bishkek-based court denied the independent journalist's appeal of a lower court verdict sentencing him to jail for life.

Kyrgyzstan

Two media owners sentenced in absentia

Khalil Khudaiberdiyev of Osh TV and Dzhavlon Mirzakhodzhayev of Mezon TV, who both fled the country in 2010, were sentenced to 20 and 14 years in jail, respectively.

Kyrgyzstan

New president should uphold human rights, end media restrictions, says Human Rights Watch

The election law, passed in 2010 by the interim government, bans retransmission of any of the foreign broadcast media that contains "electoral propaganda" and any content "attacking the honor, dignity and reputation of candidates" during the campaigning period, which began on September 25.

Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan

Three men found guilty in journalist's death

Gennady Pavlyuk, who wrote under the pseudonym Ibrahim Rustambek, died after he was bound in tape and pushed out of the window of an apartment building in Almaty.

Kyrgyzstan

Independent journalist brutally attacked

Shokhrukh Saipov decided to become a journalist after authorities failed to properly investigate his older brother's murder and instead imprisoned a man who is largely believed to be innocent.

Kyrgyzstan

Online news agencies denied accreditation

Barring online news agencies from fully covering the election is incompatible with Kyrgyzstan's obligations to respect freedom of expression because it places arbitrary limits on where and how Kyrgyzstan's voters receive information about presidential candidates, Human Rights Watch said.

Kyrgyzstan

Media owners criminally prosecuted, forced out of the country

Khalil Khudaiberdiyev and Dzhavlon Mirzakhodzhayev are being charged with separate counts of organising and participating in mass disorder; calls for separatism; incitement to interethnic and religious hatred; abuse of office; and the illegal creation of an armed group.

Kyrgyzstan

Askarov's appeal denied; his health deteriorating due to beatings

An appeals court has upheld the life sentence given in September 2010 to reporter and researcher Azimjon Askarov and six of his co-defendants.

Kyrgyzstan

New assault in violence-ridden court case

The authorities were urged to investigate the assault on a group of defendants, including well known human rights defender Azimzhan Askarov, and take steps to protect them.

Kyrgyzstan

Detained Uzbek journalist suffers stroke

The Kyrgyzstan-based Uzbek journalist, Ulugbek Abdusalamov, has suffered a serious stroke whilst under arrest in hospital.

Kyrgyzstan

Human rights reporter sentenced to life in prison

Azimjon Askarov was pronounced guilty on a wide range of charges, including complicity to commit homicide and murder of a police officer.

Kyrgyzstan

CPJ decries extremism charges against journalists

Trumped-up charges of extremism against Ulugbek Abdusalomov, the editor of an independent newspaper, and Azimjon Askarov, a journalist and human rights defender, should be dropped immediately, CPJ said.

Kyrgyzstan

Security agents raid television station, interrogate director

The newsroom of the independent Uzbek-language broadcaster Osh TV in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh was raided by armed agents of the Kyrgyz security service.

Kyrgyzstan

Cameraman attacked in Osh

Batyr Mamatzhanov remains in critical condition after suffering two broken ribs and a head injury.

Kyrgyzstan

Journalists, human rights defenders in danger

CJES expressed concern over the safety of two journalists in Osh, while noting that another has fled the city with his family.

Kyrgyzstan

Two journalists detained as violence continues

CPJ called on authorities to release Ulugbek Abdusalomov and Azimjon Askarov, and to ensure the safety of other journalists working in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan / Uzbekistan

TV stations shut down in Kyrgyzstan; prominent journalist held in Uzbekistan

Local television stations in the southern Kyrgyzstani city of Osh were ordered to cease transmissions in the wake of interethnic violence in the region.

Kyrgyzstan

Newspaper suspended, TV station raided

Authorities should halt their ongoing crackdown on independent and opposition news outlets, CPJ said.

Kyrgyzstan

Press freedom deteriorating despite promises of democracy, says CPJ

On the fifth anniversary of the revolution that brought President Bakiyev to power on the promise of democratic reform, CPJ expresses alarm at the widening crackdown on press freedom.

Kyrgyzstan

Internet providers block independent news sites

Thirteen Kyrgyz media organisations call the blocking of independent news sources a "coordinated attempt to deprive Kyrgyz citizens of information."

Kyrgyzstan

Under pressure, stations halt RFE/RL programming

Authorities warned local radio and television stations that they may face additional hurdles in their license renewals if they continue to carry RFE/RL programming.

Kyrgyzstan

Editor of opposition newspaper threatened

Zhyldyz Musabekova is linking the threats to her journalism work.

Kyrgyzstan / Kazakhstan

Kazakh police say Kyrgyz citizens suspected in editor's killing

The police did not identify the suspects or describe their alleged roles in the murder of Kyrgyz editor Gennady Pavlyuk.

Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan

Prominent Kyrgyz journalist killed in Almaty

CPJ urged authorities to investigate the possibility that the journalist was killed in retaliation for his critical reporting on the Kyrgyz government.

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz authorities must stop rise in attacks against the press, says CPJ

In two separate cases, a journalist was beaten and a newspaper received a bullet in an envelope along with threatening notes.

Kyrgyzstan

Supreme Court refuses new probe in Saipov murder

The ruling came in an appeal filed by the slain editor's father, who had asked the court to order a new investigation into the 2007 killing.

Kyrgyzstan

Authorities deny entry to prominent human rights defender

Human Rights Watch urged the government to allow monitors into the country.

Kyrgyzstan

Human Rights Watch calls for release of two rights activists

According to Human Rights Watch, the government is out to stop research into abuses committed against so-called extremists in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan

State weekly reporter attacked, beaten in Osh

Police should investigate work-related motives in a weekend assault that left reporter Kubanychbek Zholdoshev with a concussion and broken ribs, says CPJ.

Kyrgyzstan

Authorities must report progress in Alisher Saipov's murder, says CPJ

CPJ called on authorities to make public the findings of their investigation into the 2007 murder of the editor of the Uzbek-language newspaper "Siyosat".

Kyrgyzstan

Pro-opposition editor beaten in Bishkek

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

Kyrgyzstan

"Tribuna" newspaper editor beaten, threatened by unknown persons

(PAJ/IFEX) - On 7 May 2009, Yrysbek Omurzakov, the chief editor of the independent social and political newspaper "Tribuna", was beaten in Bishkek.

Kyrgyzstan

Bishkek court fines newspaper

(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 the hotel was built with blocks of slag. The hotel refuted the information.

Kyrgyzstan

Editor-in-chief and correspondent of Russian newspaper assaulted

(PAJ/IFEX) - The following is a statement by Public Association "Journalists" (PAJ), an interim member of IFEX:

Kyrgyzstan

Cameraman Bakhadir Kenzhebayev beaten by unidentified attacker

(PAJ/IFEX) - The following is a statement by the Public Association "Journalists" (PAJ), an interim member of IFEX:

Kyrgyzstan

Political reporter and commentator Syrgak Abdyldayev stabbed in Bishkek

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 3 March 2009 CPJ press release:

Kyrgyzstan

Russian human rights activist Vitalii Ponomarev deported, barred over report on religious persecution, torture

(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 27 February 2009 Human Rights Watch press release:

Kyrgyzstan

Journalists frequently summoned for questioning by authorities

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - The following is a joint Adil Soz and Public Association "Journalists" (PAJ) alert:

Kyrgyzstan

Police raid newspaper, confiscate computers, seal newsroom, following publication of critical letter

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 17 June 2008 CPJ press release:

Kyrgyzstan

Broadcasting bill rolls back press freedom gains

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 15 May 2008 CPJ press release:

Kyrgyzstan

Investigation into editor's murder shut down again

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 10 April 2008 CPJ press release:

Kyrgyzstan

Probe into journalist's murder suspended, conflicting reasons given

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 22 February 2008 CPJ letter to Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev:

Kyrgyzstan

Two journalists covering demonstration arrested, later released

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - On 20 December 2007, two journalists - Aizada Kutuyeva of the news agency 24.kg and Tolkun Namatbayeva of Agence France Presse - were arrested in the capital, Bishkek, while covering a demonstration against the outcome of parliamentary elections. Along with other protesters, they were taken to the city's Interior Department. They were released after the media outlets' management requested the Interior Ministry's help.

Kyrgyzstan

Loss of government funding will lead to closure of state-run newspapers in Batken region, diminish free expression, says Adil Soz

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - The following is a joint statement by Adil Soz and newspaper journalists and editors in Batken region regarding the authorities' intention to stop funding state-run newspapers:

Kyrgyzstan

Prominent journalist killed in southern Kyrgyzstan

(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 24 October 2007 CPJ press release:

Kyrgyzstan

Termination of state funding threatens survival of regional newspapers

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - State-controlled newspapers in Batken, the only source of information for people in the region, may be shut down soon, following the government's decision to cancel the status of the region.

Kyrgyzstan

Explosion destroys newspaper archives

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders said it was "alarmed by the tense situation" in recent weeks in Kyrgyzstan after an explosion damaged the offices of two newspapers in the country's second city, Osh, on 30 May 2007. It called on the government to thoroughly investigate the blast and take steps to protect the media if it proved to be a criminal attack.

Kyrgyzstan

Protesters, police forcibly prevent journalists from covering demonstration; one journalist struck by police

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - On 16 May 2007, "Talas turmushu" newspaper editor Kozubek Imankulov, photojournalist Berdibek Sultanmuratov and a journalist for the National TV/Radio Corporation, Salamat Nazarkulov, were rudely prevented from carrying out their professional activities during a demonstration in Aksai village, southern Kyrgyzstan.

Kyrgyzstan

Journalist, two human rights defenders, private citizen facing criminal defamation charges over article about alleged interior ministry abuse

(Adil Soz/IFEX) - Journalist Abdumalik Sharipov, two employees of the local human rights organisation "Justice" - Valentina Gritsenko and Mahamadzhana Abdushaparova - and a private citizen, Nargiza Turdiyeva, are facing defamation and insult charges under Articles 127 and 128 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.

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