Kyrgyzstan - Three TV journalists attacked in Osh, in latest violence against media

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders deplores yesterday's physical attack by demonstrators on three TV journalists who were covering a rally in support of the Kyrgyz nationalist party Ata-Zhurt in the southern city of Osh. It again highlighted the dangers to which journalists are exposed in Kyrgyzstan as well as police bias against the media. “We are outraged by this latest attack on journalists who were just doing their job,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The police failed in their duty to protect (...)

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