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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.
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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.
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Freedom on the Net 2015: Kyrgyzstan
Government resolution forces ISPs and MSPs to allow government real-time access to communication networks and subscribers' data