CPJ welcomes Kyrgyzstan’s withdrawal of restrictive media bill
Stockholm, March 13, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Wednesday’s decision by Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov to withdraw from parliament a draft law that could have been...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan parliament approves ‘foreign agents’ law
Stockholm, March 15, 2024—Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov should reject Russian-inspired legislation that would designate externally funded media rights groups and nonprofits that run news outlets as...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan president signs Russian-style ‘foreign agents’ law
Stockholm, April 2, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists called for Kyrgyzstan to repeal a law, newly ratified on Tuesday by President Sadyr Japarov, that requires some nonprofits, including...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan releases 4 Temirov Live journalists; CPJ calls for dropping of...
Stockholm, April 9, 2024—Kyrgyzstan authorities should withdraw charges against 11 current and former staff of anti-corruption investigative outlet Temirov Live, release the four still in detention,...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan court rejects investigative outlet Kloop’s appeal against liquidation
Stockholm, May 20, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday called on Kyrgyzstan to allow the country’s leading investigative news site Kloop to resume work and stop using the courts to...
View ArticleCPJ calls for end to trial of 11 anti-corruption journalists in Kyrgyzstan
Stockholm, June 13, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Kyrgyz authorities to immediately drop all charges against 11 current and former Temirov Live staff, ahead of an unprecedented trial...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan Supreme Court upholds shuttering of investigative outlet Kloop
New York, August 29, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court in July to uphold the liquidation of Kloop Media, a nonprofit that runs the...
View ArticleKyrgyz authorities threaten to block 2 news outlets over report on president
New York, September 5, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kyrgyz authorities to drop their threats against two independent online news outlets over reports about President Sadyr...
View ArticleKyrgyzstan prosecutors seek 6-year prison terms for 11 investigative journalists
New York, September 26, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kyrgyz authorities to drop the prosecution against 11 current and former staff of anti-corruption investigative outlet...
View ArticleCPJ condemns convictions of 4 Temirov Live journalists in Kyrgyzstan
New York, October 10, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday’s sentencing of Temirov Live’s director Makhabat Tajibek kyzy and presenter Azamat Ishenbekov to six and five years in...
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