Election campaign brings return of prior censorship

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the desire being expressed by Kyrgyzstan's parliamentarians to assert their control over the media and, in particular, by the impact of a law banning direct retransmission of all foreign TV stations in the run-up to the 30 October presidential election. “A series of repressive measures are dashing hopes that Kyrgyzstan would be the post-Soviet world's first parliamentary democracy,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The latest measure, more (...)

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