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Special International Day to End Impunity Issue: Cathal Sheerin's latest Europe & Central Asia brief shines a light on the intersections between impunity, journalists' safety, and elections, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
IFEX calls on Kyrgyz authorities to uphold their international human rights obligations by ceasing the wider use of criminal prosecution and abuse of legislation to systematically target independent media outlets, journalists, and other media professionals.
In this week’s edition: Kyrgyz authorities try to shut down Kloop, Kazakhstan builds its oil tanker fleet, markets reopen along the Tajik-Afghan border, and more.
Kazakhstan’s ministry of trade said on August 29 it will cooperate with European regulators in their probe regarding the possible circumvention of anti-dumping duties and sanctions concerning plywood imports from Turkey and Kazakhstan, probably originating from Russia. In late August, the European Commission had launched an investigation based on a request lodged by Woodstock Consortium, an birch plywood industry lobby group.
The lawsuit seeking the closure of Kloop Media is the most recent in a string of attacks on freedom of media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan.