Kyrgyzstan

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Spotlight: Censorship Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan convicts hundreds for possession of 'extremist' material

18 September 2018
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

People owning videos, pamphlets or books that have been banned using an over-broad definition of extremism face lengthy jail sentences - regardless of how the outlawed material was used.

Stop Kyrgyzstan's descent into media repression

While Kyrgyzstan has generally been a rare positive example in a region where autocracy has been the rule, recent developments threaten to send the country down a similarly repressive path.

‎ Media Policy Institute, Public Association "Journalists"‎13 March 2018

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan

Mounting concern about threats to media freedom in Kyrgyzstan

Prosecutions, astronomic fines and travel bans are worsening the free expression environment in a state where it is already vulnerable.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎27 February 2018

Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan

Azimjon Askarov

Campaigning journalist and human rights advocate Azimjon Askarov is Kyrgyzstan's most famous prisoner.

‎ IFEX‎ 5 August 2017

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Kyrgyzstan censors leading news agency Ferghana

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Digital Rights Censorship Kyrgyzstan 14 June 2017
Kyrgyz journalist Ulugbek Babakulov receives death threats

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks Kyrgyzstan 4 June 2017
The human impact of Russia's 'gay propaganda' law

‎ Cathal Sheerin for IFEX

Access to Information Russia Attacks Censorship Kyrgyzstan Gender 2 March 2017
Kyrgyzstan court defies UN ruling, upholds unjust conviction of rights defender

‎ Human Rights Watch

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 25 January 2017
World Bank should pressure Kyrgyzstan for release of independent journalist

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 9 January 2017
Going to Central Asia? Make the trip count

‎ Human Rights Watch

Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan 31 March 2016
Kyrgyzstan: Anti-LGBTQI law passes second reading

‎ PEN International

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 29 June 2015
Violence at event in Kyrgyzstan targets rights of LGBT persons

‎ Freedom House

Attacks Freedom of Assembly Kyrgyzstan 19 May 2015
Kyrgyzstan's anti-LGBT "propaganda" bill violates free speech

‎ Human Rights Watch

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 5 March 2015
Kyrgyz authorities launch criminal investigation into survey on rights of ethnic minorities

‎ Freedom House

Kyrgyzstan 13 November 2014
Kyrgyzstan should reject bill criminalising expression about LGBTI rights and people

‎ Freedom House

Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 20 October 2014
Threats to minority linguistic education, LGBT rights amongst free expression concerns in Kyrgyzstan

‎ PEN International

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 16 October 2014
Kyrgyzstan must reject bills that would violate speech and association rights

‎ Human Rights Watch

Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 4 June 2014
Legislation raises prospect of prison sentences for media offences in Kyrgyzstan

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 28 April 2014
Kyrgyz draft law seeks to ban information about LGBT issues

‎ Human Rights Watch

Access to Information Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 2 April 2014
Kyrgyzstan urged to reject draft "foreign agents" law

‎ Human Rights Watch

Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 13 December 2013
Kyrgyzstan following in Russia's footsteps with proposed “foreign agents” bill

‎ Human Rights Watch

Attacks Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 16 September 2013
Rights defender and family beaten in Kyrgyzstan

‎ Human Rights Watch

Attacks Kyrgyzstan 16 May 2013
Group calls for end to website block in Kyrgyzstan

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Censorship Kyrgyzstan 3 April 2013
Further rights reform needed in Kyrgyzstan as violations persist

‎ Human Rights Watch

Germany Free Expression & the Law Kyrgyzstan 11 December 2012
Ambassador pledges to address Askarov case

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Kyrgyzstan 14 June 2012
New CPJ report highlights injustice, torture in Askarov case

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Kyrgyzstan 13 June 2012
Government blocks access to prominent site Ferghana News

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Digital Rights Censorship Kyrgyzstan 23 February 2012
Supreme Court upholds verdict in Askarov case

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Kyrgyzstan 21 December 2011
CPJ Q&A: Osh TV owner Khudaiberdiyev on trial, press freedom

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Kyrgyzstan 2 December 2011
Media owners sentenced in absentia to whopping 20 and 14 years

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Kyrgyzstan 16 November 2011

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Kyrgyzstan

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Kyrgyzstan

A social media user was handed down a one year suspended sentence under Kyrgyzstan’s ant-extremism laws for “liking” posts published by a controversial imam.

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2016: Kyrgyzstan

The independence of the public broadcaster came into question on several occasions, as the outlet aired one-sided reports on the Vecherniy Bishkek dispute and faced allegations of partisan bias in coverage of the October parliamentary elections.

Freedom House 23 April 2016
Freedom on the Net 2015: Kyrgyzstan

Government resolution forces ISPs and MSPs to allow government real-time access to communication networks and subscribers' data

Freedom House 31 October 2015