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    <description>Kyrgyzstan</description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:00:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Supreme Court upholds verdict in Askarov case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/12/21/verdict_upheld/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bishkek-based court denied the independent journalist's appeal of a lower court verdict sentencing him to jail for life.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/12/21/verdict_upheld/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - CPJ Q&A: Osh TV owner Khudaiberdiyev on trial, press freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/12/02/khudaiberdiyev_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Khalil Khudaiberdiyev says he learned of the government's case against him from reports in the press when he was outside the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/12/02/khudaiberdiyev_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Media owners sentenced in absentia to whopping 20 and 14 years]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/11/16/media_owners_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two former media owners, Khalil Khudaiberdiyev of Osh TV and Dzhavlon Mirzakhodzhayev of Mezon TV, were found guilty in absentia of incitement to ethnic hatred on 28 October, after fleeing their country in 2010, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/11/16/media_owners_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Two media owners sentenced in absentia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/11/16/media_owners_sentenced_absentia/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/11/16/media_owners_sentenced_absentia/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - New president should uphold human rights, end media restrictions, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/10/27/electoral_propaganda/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/10/27/electoral_propaganda/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Three men found guilty in journalist's death]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2011/10/18/pavlyuk_killers_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.  ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2011/10/18/pavlyuk_killers_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Independent journalist brutally attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/08/15/shokhrukh_saipov_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/08/15/shokhrukh_saipov_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Online news agencies denied accreditation
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/08/05/online_agencies_shutout/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.   ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/08/05/online_agencies_shutout/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - CPJ urges President Otunbayeva to halt persecution of media professionals]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/06/17/halt_ongoing_persecution/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ urges the government to carry out an investigation into the abuse of authority by local prosecutors against three media professionals and, based on the findings, to ensure the pending prosecutions are dropped and the conviction is vacated.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/06/17/halt_ongoing_persecution/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Media owners criminally prosecuted, forced out of the country]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/05/16/media_owners_prosecuted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2011/05/16/media_owners_prosecuted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Askarov's appeal denied; his health deteriorating due to beatings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/11/15/askarov_failing_health/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An appeals court has upheld the life sentence given in September 2010 to reporter and researcher Azimjon Askarov and six of his co-defendants.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/11/15/askarov_failing_health/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - New assault in violence-ridden court case]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/11/10/askarov_assault_concerns/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/11/10/askarov_assault_concerns/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Detained Uzbek journalist suffers stroke]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/10/26/abdusalomov_stroke/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Kyrgyzstan-based Uzbek journalist, Ulugbek Abdusalamov, has suffered a serious stroke whilst under arrest in hospital.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/10/26/abdusalomov_stroke/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Rights defender sentenced to life in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/09/22/trial_revenge/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Kyrgyz court has sentenced an Uzbek human rights defender and journalist to life in prison, charging him with hostage-taking, inciting ethnic hatred, participation in and organisation of mass disorder, and complicity in murder, report Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Freedom House. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/09/22/trial_revenge/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - CPJ asks Kyrgyz president to ensure fair trial of two reporters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/09/17/abdusalomov_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ulugbek Abdusalomov and Azimjon Askarov have been charged with extremism and other serious charges and face lengthy prison sentences, including a life term, if convicted.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/09/17/abdusalomov_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Human rights reporter sentenced to life in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/09/16/askarov_life_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Azimjon Askarov was pronounced guilty on a wide range of charges, including complicity to commit homicide and murder of a police officer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/09/16/askarov_life_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan - PAJ and Adil Soz build solidarity between journalists of opposing political affiliations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2010/09/15/solidarity_fallen/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members in Central Asia marked the International Day for Solidarity of Journalists on 8 September with a variety of events, including a sports competition, a report on press freedom and a candle-lighting ceremony to honour fallen journalists. In Kazakhstan, Adil Soz, the International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech, attempted to unite government and opposition journalists and challenge public officials with a report of attacks on the press. And in Kyrgyzstan, Public Association "Journalists" (PAJ) also focused on strengthening ties between government and opposition journalists to counter divisions created by the newspapers that are linked to different political parties.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2010/09/15/solidarity_fallen/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Uzbek journalists imprisoned and on the run ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/08/18/ethnic_target/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two imprisoned Kyrgz journalists have been charged with extremism, incitement to ethnic hatred, calls to mass disorder and complicity to murder, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Both men were arrested in the aftermath of ethnic violence that scorched southern Kyrgyzstan in May and June. According to Public Association "Journalists" (PAJ), many journalists have been targeted based on their ethnicity.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/08/18/ethnic_target/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - CPJ decries extremism charges against journalists ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/08/13/abdusalomov_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/08/13/abdusalomov_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Security agents raid television station, interrogate director]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/07/14/osh_tv_raid/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/07/14/osh_tv_raid/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Cameraman attacked in Osh]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/30/mamatzhanov_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Batyr Mamatzhanov remains in critical condition after suffering two broken ribs and a head injury. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/30/mamatzhanov_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Journalists, human rights defenders in danger]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/25/journalists_in_danger/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CJES expressed concern over the safety of two journalists in Osh, while noting that another has fled the city with his family.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/25/journalists_in_danger/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Two journalists detained as violence continues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/24/abdusalomov_and_askarov_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ called on authorities to release Ulugbek Abdusalomov and Azimjon Askarov, and to ensure the safety of other journalists working in southern Kyrgyzstan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/24/abdusalomov_and_askarov_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Media outlets incinerated; too dangerous to report ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/16/massacre_burnt/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An estimated 2,000 have been killed in interethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan since 10 June, say news reports. In response to the unrest, authorities in the southern city of Osh ordered local television stations to cease transmission, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Public Association of Journalists (PAJ), based in Bishkek, is currently working to provide humanitarian assistance to journalists in the southern part of the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/16/massacre_burnt/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - TV stations shut down in Kyrgyzstan; prominent journalist held in Uzbekistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/15/tv_stations_closed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Local television stations in the southern Kyrgyzstani city of Osh were ordered to cease transmissions in the wake of interethnic violence in the region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/06/15/tv_stations_closed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Interim Government threatens press freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/05/12/interim_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-five press freedom and human rights groups, including nine IFEX members, are calling on the Interim Government in post-revolutionary Kyrgyzstan to respect freedom of the press, and ensure that all media outlets are unrestricted in their reporting of events in the country. Thousands of protesters took to the streets on 7 April in an uprising which lead to the fall of the government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/05/12/interim_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Twenty-four press freedom groups and human rights organisations call on the government to implement reforms 

]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/05/06/implement_reforms/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members joined other human rights organisations in denouncing the deterioration of press freedom under the new interim government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/05/06/implement_reforms/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Media freedom trampled amid clashes between protesters and government]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/04/07/protesters_overthrow/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Massive protests have overthrown the government of Kyrgyzstan today after thousands of protesters enraged over state corruption, increases in utility prices and restrictions on the flow of information stormed government buildings and looted state-run radio and television headquarters in the capital, Bishkek, say news reports. At least 41 people were killed and hundreds wounded in clashes with police. In recent months, the government has retaliated against independent media for reporting on widespread anti-government protests, for being critical of the government, and for covering other politically sensitive issues, report the Kyrgyzstan-based Public Association Journalists (PAJ), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/04/07/protesters_overthrow/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Newspaper suspended, TV station raided]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/04/06/opposition_news_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities should halt their ongoing crackdown on independent and opposition news outlets, CPJ said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/04/06/opposition_news_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Press freedom deteriorating despite promises of democracy, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/03/26/crackdown_widens/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/03/26/crackdown_widens/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Internet providers block independent news sites]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/03/25/websites_blocked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thirteen Kyrgyz media organisations call the blocking of independent news sources a "coordinated attempt to deprive Kyrgyz citizens of information."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/03/25/websites_blocked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Under pressure, stations halt RFE/RL programming]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/03/19/programming_bans/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/03/19/programming_bans/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Editor of opposition newspaper threatened]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/02/05/musabekova_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zhyldyz Musabekova is linking the threats to her journalism work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/02/05/musabekova_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Journalist hurled out six-story window]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/01/06/window_kill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A prominent Kyrgyz journalist highly critical of the government died on 22 December, days after being thrown out the sixth-story window of an apartment building in Kazakhstan, report the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/01/06/window_kill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Kazakh police say Kyrgyz citizens suspected in editor's killing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/01/04/kyrgyz_citizens_suspected/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The police did not identify the suspects or describe their alleged roles in the murder of Kyrgyz editor Gennady Pavlyuk.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2010/01/04/kyrgyz_citizens_suspected/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kazakhstan - Prominent Kyrgyz journalist killed in Almaty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2009/12/23/pavlyuk_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ urged authorities to investigate the possibility that the journalist was killed in retaliation for his critical reporting on the Kyrgyz government.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2009/12/23/pavlyuk_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz authorities must stop rise in attacks against the press, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/12/17/rise_in_attacks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In two separate cases, a journalist was beaten and a newspaper received a bullet in an envelope along with threatening notes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/12/17/rise_in_attacks/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Supreme Court refuses new probe in Saipov murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/12/14/saipov_murder_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/12/14/saipov_murder_investigation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Authorities deny entry to prominent human rights defender]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/12/04/bakhrieva_denied_entry/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch urged the government to allow monitors into the country.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/12/04/bakhrieva_denied_entry/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Human Rights Watch calls for release of two rights activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/11/19/hamroev_and_rakhmatillaev_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to Human Rights Watch, the government is out to stop research into abuses committed against so-called extremists in southern Kyrgyzstan.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/11/19/hamroev_and_rakhmatillaev_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - State weekly reporter attacked, beaten in Osh]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/11/04/zholdoshev_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Police should investigate work-related motives in a weekend assault that left reporter Kubanychbek Zholdoshev with a concussion and broken ribs, says CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Authorities must report progress in Alisher Saipov's murder, says CPJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/10/23/saipov_murder_investigation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/10/23/saipov_murder_investigation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Pro-opposition editor beaten in Bishkek]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/06/11/editor_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Four unidentified men severely beat Abduvahab Moniyev in the center of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/06/11/editor_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - "Tribuna" newspaper editor beaten, threatened by unknown persons]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/05/11/tribuna_newspaper_editor_beaten/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PAJ/IFEX) - On 7 May 2009, Yrysbek Omurzakov, the chief editor of the independent social and political newspaper "Tribuna&quot;, was beaten in Bishkek.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:02:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/05/11/tribuna_newspaper_editor_beaten/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek court fines newspaper]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/04/27/bishkek_court_fines_newspaper/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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&quot; independent newspaper. The newspaper's editor-in-chief, Aslanbek Sartbayev, said a lawsuit was launched by the hotel for "moral and material damages&quot; after the paper reported that the hotel was built with blocks of slag. The hotel refuted the information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:31:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/04/27/bishkek_court_fines_newspaper/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Editor-in-chief and correspondent of Russian newspaper assaulted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/04/01/editor_in_chief_and_correspondent/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PAJ/IFEX) - The following is a statement by Public Association "Journalists&quot; (PAJ), an interim member of IFEX:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:56:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/04/01/editor_in_chief_and_correspondent/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Cameraman Bakhadir Kenzhebayev beaten by unidentified attacker]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/03/27/cameraman_bakhadir_kenzhebayev/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(PAJ/IFEX) - The following is a statement by the Public Association "Journalists&quot; (PAJ), an interim member of IFEX:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:23:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/03/27/cameraman_bakhadir_kenzhebayev/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Political reporter and commentator Syrgak Abdyldayev stabbed in Bishkek]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/03/04/political_reporter_and_commentator/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 3 March 2009 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:26:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/03/04/political_reporter_and_commentator/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Russian human rights activist Vitalii Ponomarev deported, barred over report on religious persecution, torture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/03/02/russian_human_rights_activist_vitalii/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a 27 February 2009 Human Rights Watch press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:55:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2009/03/02/russian_human_rights_activist_vitalii/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyrgyzstan - Journalists frequently summoned for questioning by authorities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2008/12/16/journalists_frequently_summoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(Adil Soz/IFEX) - The following is a joint Adil Soz and Public Association "Journalists&quot; (PAJ) alert:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/kyrgyzstan/2008/12/16/journalists_frequently_summoned/</guid>
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