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2003
Hot
News
09.11.2005
International
Nongovernmental Organization Article 19 issued a statement addressed to
the President of Kyrgyzstan
08.11.2005
The State TV Channel will
keep the format, but change the content
01.11.2005
Uzgen City Mayor,
Mamatrasul Abakdjanov plans to sue Osh zhanyrygy newspaper
01.11.2005
NBT camera reporter’s
video recorder was seized
26.10.2005
Former
editor of Osh Zhanyrygy newspaper plans to take back his office
25.10.2005
Journalists are facing increasing pressure from protesters
18.10.2005
Pavel Gromskiy, a reporter
with Itogi nedeli said rights of ethnic minorities to access
information had been violated
18.10.2005
Osh
Zhanyrygy reforms
18.10.2005
KOORT insist their demands
are fulfilled
18.10.2005
Alexander Kim, chairman of
the board of directors, believes there can be no compromise
17.10.2005
Property redistribution
processes affected KOORT staff
12.10.2005
Zhalalabat State Regional TV Channel is facing pressure from Regional
Administration
12.10.2005
Independent newspaper
Fergana and independent TV Company Echo Manasa stopped their
activities
10.10.2005
President of Radio Free
Europe Thomas Dine spoke of the work and role of Radio Azattyk
07.10.2005
Civil society supports the
idea to reform media outlets
07.10.2005
The regional court upheld
the decision of the lower court
05.10.2005
Bishkek City Kenesh
deputies prohibited the city administration from carrying out a
mandatory subscription campaign
04.10.2005
AKI press information
agency introducing a new system
04.10.2005
Local authorities failed
to provide funds to its printing body
03.10.2005
New editor of Vecherniy
Bishkek is appointed
02.10.2005
Maxim Maxomovich,
Kyrgyzstan Ex-president’s attorney plans to sue MSN and Zhany
ordo newspapers
30.09.2005
Kadyr
Koshalieyv, General Director of TV/Radio Company Osh-3000 called on the
Osh City Court to be lenient towards the violators
28.09.2005
Chief
editor of MSN newspaper warned Vecherniy Bishkek staff to
stop trying to take paper’s equipment out of the office
28.09.2005
Journalists are calling for value added tax to be abolished
28.09.2005
Kyrgyzstan is in an information isolation
23.09.2005
Vecherniy Bishkek staff say they are
facing administrative and criminal pressure
14.09.2005
The
working group to reform state media outlets decided to reincorporate
state-run newspapers
14.09.2005
Mahmud Kazakbayev, a
founder of Allians-Press advertising agency, attacked
12.09.2005
Osh Mayor
supported initiative to denationalize the print body
12.09.2005
Editor-in-chief of Zhany muun newspaper attacked
01.09.2005
Karakol
City Kenesh forced Oleg Pankratov, journalist for Novaya gazeta, to
leave the session
29.08.005
NTS
management protested against words of acting Vice-Prime Minister of the
Kyrgyz Republic, Adahan Madumarov
25.08.2005
Court
filed paper’s editor and a journalist
22.08.2005
Batken
State University rector filed a lawsuit against Batken Tany
newspaper
22.08.2005
IREX
dissolved Zhalalabat Media Center
17.08.2005
IREX is
going to close the Media Resource Center in Zhalalabat
17.08.2005
Akyikat newspaper in Zhalalabat dropped
its charges
15.08.2005
Aliima
Sharipova, a reporter for Itogi nedeli newspaper receives threats
03.08.2005
Azattyk
Radio programmes ceased broadcasting through medium and ultra-short
waves
01.08.2005
Acting
Prime Minister Felix Kulov proposed to improve ways for people to access
media outlets
30.07.2005
Kyrgyzstan journalist Erkin Yakubzhanov was released
26.07.2005
Prosecutor plans to begin disciplinary proceedings against Ermek Umetov,
editor for the paper Talas Turmushi
26.07.2005
Foreign
Affairs Ministry of Kyrgyzstan stepped in to help Erkin Yakubzhanov, a
reporter detained by Uzbek frontier guards
26.07.2005
The
force structures discuss journalist’s arrest
22.07.2005
Journalists receive death threats from Kochkor district akim
21.07.2005
The
Ministry of Internal Affairs refused to comment on a Kyrgyz journalist
30.06.2005
Civil
community members accused independent media outlets of distributing
falsehood
24.06.2005
Police
have found a body of the General Director of Airek advertising agency
17.06.2005
Vecherniy Bishkek photo reporter was
attacked by unknown individuals
17.06.2005
Tape of
the Government House seizure was destroyed
17.06.2005
National
Security Service officers seized the property of Meken newspaper
National Security
17.06.2005
National
Security Service officers detained editor Bermet Turguniyazova
15.06.2005
Askar
Akayev plans to file a lawsuit against MSN newspaper
15.06.2005
Osh TV
company reporter was denied information by Osh Prosecutor live
13.06.2005
The
Monitoring of Presidential elections coverage in the media has started
in Kyrgyzstan
13.06.2005
The OSCE
is ready to support independent media outlets
10.06.2005
Zhalalabat prosecutor’s
office accused journalist Anarhan Zhanyrbayeva of hooliganism
09.06.2005
The
Government of Kyrgyzstan plans to change the organizational structure of
the TV Company
08.06.2005
State-run media outlets serve interests of the authorities
08.06.2005
Unknown individuals tried to
steal property of an independent TV company
07.06.2005
New
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the USA,
who is chief editor for
Respublika newspaper,
plans to sue Ex-President
of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev
06.06.2005
State
officials prevent refugees from communicating with the press
06.06.2005
First
Russian Channel will be still rebroadcast over Kyrgyzstan
03.06.2005
Ar-Namys
part plans to sue newspapers
02.06.2005
TV
companies in the south Kyrgyzstan are concerned over the criticism
expressed by Vice Prime Minister against Uzbek-language
media outlets
07.05.2005
Naryn
voters drove journalists Zharkyn Ibrayeva and Baktygul Munduzova out of
State Administration building
07.05.2005
Radio Azattyk resumed broadcasting throughout the
country
06.05.2005
Leninsk
district court scheduled hearing in the case against Birge movement and
ResPublica chief editor
05.05.2005
Acting
Vice Minister of the KR Ishengul Boldzhurova prohibited provision of the
airtime to presidential candidates
05.05.2005
Seized
copies of the paper, which had been closed by the authorities, were
found in Bishkek
05.05.2005
Ex-president’s wife accused media of media terrorism
05.04.2005
Radio
Azattyk resumed broadcasting throughout the country
02.04.2005
Mass
media in South region of Kyrgyzstan addressed the Parliament and
Government of the RK
31.04.2005
Kyrgyz
mass media and NGOs stand for changing the status of the NTRC
30.03.2005
“Mass
Media” Association and Regional TV Radio Broadcasters Association issued
a joint statement regarding the emergency conditions for electronic
media outlets
30.03.2005
Non-governmental
sector in Kyrgyzstan is dismayed over the new management of the state TV
channel
30.03.2005
Kyrgyzstan’s acting President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said that all mass media
should be free
28.03.2005
NTRC
employees are discontented with the new management and willing to act
decisively
28.03.2005
The
community discusses a possibility to establish a public television based
on the KTR
23.03.2005
A
journalist for Naryn Regional TV company, Esengul Zhanushev, was held
hostage
23.03.2005
Head of journalists' union
injured by police while covering protest
23.03.2005
Militia
officers made an attempt to seize all copies of Analitika
newspaper
22.03.2005
Students were prohibited from reading an independent MSN
newspaper
22.03.2005
Inetrnews-Kyrgyzstan called on the authorities to stop manipulating
public consciousness
22.03.2005
Human
rights activist Ramazan Dyryldayev accused Russian TV channels of
distributing biased information
21.03.2005
Akayev’s
supporters called on the official authorities to close opposition media
outlets
21.03.2005
Chairman
of the National Kenesh (Council) in Osh region called on the Regional TV
channel to make an objective coverage of the events happening in the
country
16.03.2005
The U.S.
Embassy underlined pressure exerted on independent media outlets
15.03.2005
Journalists were prohibited from covering the voting process
15.03.2005
An
unknown individual beat a Vecherniy Bishkek reporter, Raisa Kamarli
15.03.2005
Radio
Azattyk support groups addressed the Kyrgyz authorities
13.03.2005
AKIpress
press center was disconnected from electricity during a press conference
13.03.2005
A
candidate for the Parliament refused to pay for the airtime
11.03.2005
Naryn
governor instructed journalists to check information at the Special
Center
11.03.2005
A
journalist, working for an independent TV company Ayan, was detained by
police officers
11.03.2005
Editorial
staff couldn’t get newspapers printed in Jalalabat region on the last
day of the election campaign
05.04.2005
A state
official believes that the US Senator had been misinformed
04.03.2005
Public
Committee will defend journalists
04.03.2005
Mezon
journalist Kamil Satkanbayev faced unlawful actions
03.03.2005
Cyber-terrorists delivered an ultimatum to Kyrgyz Internet Service
Providers
02.03.2005
A US Senator underlined freedom of expression
violations in Kyrgyzstan
28.02.2005
Access
to Kyrgyz online publications was blocked on the eve of the election
25.02.2005
Department to Foreign Policy asked the US ambassador to be less critical
of Kyrgyzstan policy
22.02.2005
Unknown
individuals tried to get into MSN editorial office
22.02.2005
An
independent printing firm was left without electricity on the election’s
eve
22.02.2005
Individuals wearing civilian clothing bought up all copies of MSN’s
22 February edition
15.02.2005
Officers of the Regional Service of National Security exert
psychological pressure on journalists
14.02.2005
Civil
Campaign for Peace Resistance “KelKel” website was blocked
14.02.2005
Radio
Salam telephone line was disconnected during a live broadcasting
11.02.2005
Vecherniy Bishkek newspaper filed a
lawsuit against MSN newspaper
11.02.2005
Pro-governmental mass media are compelled to ignore ‘objectiveness’
principle
10.02.2005
Amendments to the Code on “Election in the KR” restricts media rights
09.02.2005
Fight
among voters ended up with a camera damaged
09.02.2005
Kyrgyz
opposition stated that freedom of speech is absent on TV channels
05.02.2005
An
attempt to prevent a media and human rights forum ended in a fight
04.02.2005
Jalalabat
court has begun hearing a lawsuit against Fergana newspaper
02.02.2005
Independent TV and Radio Companies resumed broadcasting
02.02.2005
Kyrgyzstan tries to determine legal status for the Internet
31.01.2005
Independent TV and radio companies were forced to cease broadcasting in
the lead-up to the election.
28.01.2005
A monitoring of media coverage during Kyrgyz election started
27.01.2005
Human rights newspaper Tribuna was prevented from taking part in
election advertising campaign
26.01.2005
Press secretary of the President accused mass media of information
terrorism
26.01.2005
The government demands that Agym newspaper apologize and publish
a retraction
26.01.2005
The Government demands that independent media outlets disclose their
sources of information
20.01.2005
News portal KYRGYZ.US was attacked
18.01.2005
Presidential Administration accused an Independent Publishing House of
dumping
21.01.2005
Head of the government threatens newspapers with legal actions
20.01.2005
News portal KYRGYZ.US was attacked
20.01.2005
A virtual attempt to discredit an editor for an independent newspaper
18.01.2005
The authorities called on local media to prevent the media war in the
country
14.01.2005
The latest amendments to the Election Code made to abridge
constitutional rights of mass media
12.01.2005
Civil society of Kyrgyzstan had noticed that pro-governmental media
outlets have a biased attitude while reporting on election campaign
12.01.2005
Interfax was victimized by media war as well
11.01.2005
Attempts to discredit website www.gazeta.kg by means of distributing
false information through the Internet
08.01.2005
News Agency “CenterAsia” was victimized by information war
23.12.2004
Fergana newspaper was summoned to the court
21.12.2004
The National Movement of Kyrgyzstan accuses the President of information
zombieing]
21.12.2004
Journalists boycott a prosecutor
21.12.2004
The Assembly Council of Peoples of Kyrgyzstan criticized US ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Kyrgyz Republic
20.12.2004
Amanbay Satabayev was tried before Osh city court for insult and
defamation
17.12.2004
17.12.2004
“Visa” regime instituted by the regional prosecutor’s office
07.12.2004
Amanbay Satabayev was tried before
Osh city court for insult and defamation
05.12.2004
“Voluntarily-compelled” subscribers
03.12.2004
Fergana newspaper staff sent a
letter to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication of the KR
demanding that Kyrgyzpochtasy’s debt be paid off
03.12.2004
Antimonopoly department of the KR
requests the prosecutor s office to bring a criminal action against MSN
newspaper
01.12.2004
Yrysbay Abdyraimov, a reporter for
Azattyk radio was forced to stop covering court proceedings
01.12.2004
Militia officers prevented reporters
for independent media outlets from entering Tursunbek Akun’s hospital
ward
29.11.2004
A journalist was denied information
by the regional election commission
20.11.2004
Osh TV faded from TV screens on
November 18
18.11.2004
Journalists will conduct an
independent investigation into the death of the editor in chief for
Issyk-kul newspaper
18.11.2004
Ombudsman promised to withdraw
“protection suits” against journalists if they retract their materials
17.11.2004
A protest outside the regional
administration building
16.11.2004
Akyikat
newspaper became under financial pressure
16.11.2004
Factor
newspaper in Karakol town terminated its activities
12.11.2004
Courts were accused of putting legal
pressure on journalists and mass media
09.11.2004
A journalist for independent
newspaper was prevented from attending a formal meeting
09.11.2004
Court dismissed the lawsuit by
MSN newspaper against “State Department of Antimonopoly Police”
03.11.2004
Journalist was assaulted
03.11.2004
Head of human rights organization
vs. the President of Kyrgyzstan
02.11.2004
Deputy head of the presidential
administration took the helm of the workgroup, responsible for the draft
law on amendments to the law “On guarantees and freedom of access to
information”
29.10.2004
International human rights
organization “Reporters without borders” protested against Akayev’s
statement
29.10.2004
Independent newspaper “MSN” plans to
file a lawsuit based on “protection of honor, dignity and business”
reputation against President’s Press Secretary
29.10.2004
President believes activities of
some media outlets harm stable society
28.10.2004
A journalist with Issyk Kul
tour newspaper was killed
28.10.2004
Third press freedom index ranked
Kyrgyzstan 107th out of 167 countries
26.10.2004
Journalist Ibraimov staged a vigil
outside the building of the district court
20.10.2004
President’s press secretary gave the
assessment of MSN independent newspaper
17.10.2004
Teachers are forced to subscribe to
state-controlled newspapers
17.10.2004
Post officers destroy private
newspaper
07.10.2004
Coalition “For democracy and civil
society” struck a blow for an independent newspaper
06.10.2004
Kyrgyzstan antimonopoly
department blamed
MSN
newspaper for dumping
05.10.2004
The CEC blamed a newspaper for violating the Code “On
Election in the KR”
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13.09.2004
An US journalist was assaulted
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10.09.2004
A journalist with Issuk-Kul Tur was assaulted
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07.09.2004
Jalalabad mayor interfered with journalist’s professional activities
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august
13.08.2004
Journalists protest against conviction of their colleagues
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july
28.07.2004
Court acquitted a
journalist
14.07.2004
Prosecutor
warns an
editor
08.07.2004
A mayor retaliates against newspaper
07.07.2004
Akyikat newspaper is left with no right
to appeal
07.07.2004
Media representative proposes a new legal norm
june
11.06.2004
A journalist of Uchkun newspaper
accused of defamation
11.06.2004
Mass media are outraged by the Parliament’s
decision
10.06.2004
Journalists of TRC Orbita were paid a moral
compensation
08.06.2004
Court vs. Uchkun newspaper
08.06.2004
Deputies rejected a draft law on legal
protection of journalists
03.06.2004
The regional head keeps away from a journalist
may
07.05.2004
A newspaper being threatened by MP
April
28.04.2004
TRC “Pyramida” restarted broadcasting within
metric waveband
27.04.2004
Son of an editor-in-chief was brutally beaten
21.04.2004
NGOs APPEAL FOR SUPPORT OF TV CHANNEL
“PYRAMIDA”
19.04.2004
An editor was released
16.04.2004
The Legislative Assembly will decide on issue
of TRC “Pyramida” broadcast
15.04.2004
Internews_Kyrgyzstan is concerned about TRC
“Pyramida” destiny
12.04.2004
Journalist was detained by frontier guards
11.04.2004
Independent TV channel was deprived of
metrical wave band
09.04.2004
Deputies’
request
08.04.2004
Post-office employees are left without light
08.04.2004
“Vecherniy Bishkek” newspaper is threatened
by a terrorist attack
07.04.2004
TV channel “Pyramida” stopped broadcasting
within metrical wave band
06.04.2004
Statement of Public Associations
“Journalists” and “Internews”
march
24.03.2004
Newspaper editor was arrested in Bishkek
03.03.2004
“Osh-TV” is deprived of metric channel
february
04.02.2004
Predatory attack on Media Resource Center
january
26.01.2004
Organizer of Attack on Journalist Arrested
13.01.2004
Newspaper Editor Dismissed for Criticism
13.01.2004
Political Party Kept away from Journalists
13.01.2004
Court Hearing in Case of Assaulted
Journalist
12.01.2004
Crisis-ridden Regional Press
12.01.2004
Judge Disallowed Journalist to Attend Court
Session
09.01.2004
Local Authorities Closed for Journalists
09.01.2004
Editor was Dismissed by Court
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