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Kyrgyzstan's vibrant media space is enduring its darkest week in 30 years of independence after nearly a dozen current and former media workers were jailed and one of the country's biggest private news agencies was raided as part of a criminal probe.

The Kyrgyz authorities should drop criminal cases of “war propaganda” and “calls to mass disorder” initiated against several independent media outlets, including 24.KG, Temirov Live, Ayt Ayt Dese, Alga Media, Archa Media, and Politklinika, launched in clear retaliation for their independent reporting, Human Rights Watch, Civil Rights Defenders, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), Norwegian Helsinki Committee, People in Need, World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), and H...

Kyrgyzstan authorities conducted raids this week on two news outlets, arresting journalists and keeping them incarcerated for several hours.

Kyrgyzstan authorities conducted raids this week on two news outlets, arresting journalists and keeping them incarcerated for several hours.

News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

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News and analytical articles about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

The recent detention of journalists and raids on homes and offices mark a further expansion of the Kyrgyz government’s efforts to rein in the country’s media through overt pressure.

Eight human rights groups, including FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, call (...)