Kyrgyzstan: Detention of Kloop media staff intensifies crackdown on independent journalism

By Amnesty International

Reacting to the security service raids on Kloop Media and the detention and interrogation of its current and former staff members, including cameraman Aleksandr Aleksandrov, journalist Abdil Aitbay Tegin and former employee Zhoomart Duulatov, by the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) in Bishkek, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, […] The post Kyrgyzstan: Detention of Kloop media staff intensifies crackdown on independent journalism appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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