On April 6, investigative journalist Bolot Temirov claimed in a Telegram post that his wife, Makhabat Tajibek kyzy, had been beaten alongside other detainees by prison guards in Kyrgyzstan. Prison authorities offered a weak denial, stating that pre-trial detention employees do not have the right to beat prisoners. The Kyrgyz Ombudsman Institute visited the pre-trial … Read more
On Aike Beishekeyeva’s 23rd birthday on January 16, the young Kyrgyz journalist was planning to buy a cake to share with her colleagues. That celebration never happened. Instead, early that morning, Beishekeyeva was arrested at her family home on suspicion of “inciting mass unrest.” For weeks, she has been awaiting trial in Detention Center 1, … Read more
Over the course of two days, half a dozen journalists in Kyrgyzstan have been taken in for questioning, their offices or homes raided or sealed by the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) in what appears to be a concerted crackdown. On January 15, the offices of 24.kg, a leading local news agency, were raided … Read more
Advertisement Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan have reportedly filed a claim seeking to suspend the work of Kloop, a well-respected independent Kyrgyz media outlet best known internationally for its collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Kloop reported that it received notice on August 28 that the Prosecutor’s Office in Bishkek had applied to … Read more