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Uzbekistan – Charges dropped against freelance journalist Elena Bondar — Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders notes that the Uzbek authorities have dropped all charges against Elena Bondar , a freelance journalist who was briefly detained at Tashkent airport on 22 August on her return from an OSCE journalism seminar in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan (see below). Bondar was summoned to the customs department at the airport on 5 September and was told that there would be no criminal proceedings because experts had found no problematic content on the USB flash drives and other electronic material confiscated from her at the airport. Bondar was also told that, instead of civil proceedings, she was just being giving a “warning” for failing to declare this material, which was returned to her
Attacks on the Press 2010: Kyrgyzstan
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
Top Developments• Bakiyev censors news media in a failed attempt to hold power.
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Kyrgyzstan: Letter to the Kyrgyz Government
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Almazbek Atambaev Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek Ul. Here is the original post: Kyrgyzstan: Letter to
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Clinton Should Seek Concrete Rights Actions
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Astana) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should use her impending visits to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to promote concrete human
Kyrgyzstan: New Assault in Violence-Ridden Court Case
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (New York) - The Kyrgyz authorities should immediately investigate a new assault on a group of defendants, including a well known
Letter to the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan regarding Safety of Defendants in Trial
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Kubatbek Kalbekovich Baibolov Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan Erkindik 39 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Cc: Interim leader, Roza Otunbaeva Dear Mr. Baibolov, Originally
Europe & ex-USSR – Central Asia, Turkey and the Ukraine cause concern, while the European model weakens
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Already denounced in the 2009 edition of the World Press Freedom Index, the often liberticidal legislative activity of certain European Union
Statement on Kyrgyzstan at the Human Rights Council | Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - See the rest here: Statement on Kyrgyzstan at the Human
CPJ asks Kyrgyz president to ensure fair trial of reporters | Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - Dear President Otunbayeva: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to call your attention to the politicized prosecution of independent journalist
Kyrgyzstan: Ensure Safety, Fair Trial for Rights Defender
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Update: (September 3, 2010, Bazar-Kurgan) - On September 2, 2010, the trial against Azimjon Askarov and another seven defendants on charges
Kyrgyzstan: International Investigation Planned
Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Osh) - A planned independent international commission of inquiry into the recent violence in southern Kyrgyzstan should investigate all aspects of
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