Affiliated media: Kloop, Online media

Incident date: September 10, 2022

Attack type:

• Wiretapping / surveillance without a court decree

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Kloop

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

Unknown persons followed the office of media Kloop, one of them was in a police uniform. The journalists noticed that a man in a police uniform came to the office door, took a photo, and left. As he went up to the office porch, the man looked at something on his smartphone screen and then took a picture of the office door. An office employee stood on the porch and asked the alleged policeman why he had come and what he was taking the photo for. However, the man ignored all questions. About half an hour later, a black Honda Avancier car with license plate number S 5804 AZ stopped outside the office. The employees saw the man who was driving the car take a few photos and then drive away. Kloop journalists have been pressured many times before. A rally against independent media took place outside Klopp’s office in the winter of 2022.