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BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has found a journalist guilty of inciting religious hatred in a book, and sentenced him to four years in prison, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Local media reported on August 30 that Uzbekistan’s National Television and Radio Company chief Bobur Alikhonov has been dismissed after less than a month in the job. Continue reading
ALMATY (TCA) — Kazakh authorities are targeting opposition activism and those few independent media outlets remaining in the country, and power succession is turning into a relevant issue in Kazakhstan as the country’s aging president will sooner or later quit the political scene. We are republishing this article by Aigerim Toleukhanova on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has ordered the closure of the private TV channel Sentyabr (September) after ruling that it broadcast extremist content, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — In recent time, authorities in Kyrgyzstan have used courts and libel lawsuits to silence independent media outlets critical of the country’s president. Even though the mass media should be objective and their reports should be based on facts, this type of suppression of the freedom of speech does not improve Kyrgyzstan’s image of a democratic state. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan's recently launched 24-hour television news channel has expressed rare criticism of the policies of the late President Islam Karimov on its analytical program, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reported. Continue reading
