Affiliated media: April TV, Editorial

Incident date: August 9, 2019

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of residence / work premises

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: April.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan

Additional information:

On 9th August at around 8pm, law enforcement officers accompanied by armed special forces soldiers came and forced the TV channel's employees to leave the building within 15 minutes. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic confirmed to the media on the same day that "the property of the JSC "Media-Forum" and the TV channel "April TV" was seized by order of the court".