Access to the website of independent news agency Ferghana was blocked this week by telecommunications company Kyrgyztelecom in response to a formal request from the Kyrgyz state communications agency. In a resolution made public on 16 June last year, the Kyrgyz parliament called for access to the site to be blocked on the grounds that its coverage of violence in southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010 had been “subjective” and “provocative”.
NEWS
Kyrgyzstan: News website blocked
Access to the website of independent news agency Ferghana was blocked this week by telecommunications company Kyrgyztelecom in response to a formal request from the Kyrgyz state communications agency. In a resolution made public on 16 June last year, the Kyrgyz parliament called for access to the site to be blocked on the grounds that […]
By Marta Cooper
23 Feb 12
READ MORE
-
Who will protect freedom of expression now?
-
Anything is possible: 35 years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain
-
Press freedom and journalist safety in peril, rising polarisation and a climate of fear – findings of the press freedom mission to Georgia
-
Platform on Safety of Journalists demand reform in Ireland following anti-SLAPP conference