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NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged Kazakhstan to quash a prison sentence handed to journalist Amangeldy Batyrbekov on criminal libel charges last month, calling the ruling the latest example of how the country "persecutes" journalists, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The trial of four Tajik vloggers over secretly filming talks with prostitutes in Dushanbe started in the Tajik capital on October 15. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have reopened a probe into the assassination of independent journalist Alisher Saipov, who was shot dead in the southern city of Osh almost 12 years ago, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for a thorough investigation of an attack on RFE/RL correspondent Aibek Kulchumanov, who was assaulted in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh and later accused of hurting a local man with his drone, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The European Commission has mobilized additional €4 million to prevent violent extremism and counter radicalization in Central Asia. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Tajik authorities to investigate the "apparently targeted disruption" of the embattled independent news agency Asia-Plus's websites and to help ensure they are accessible, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
