Affiliated media: Kloop, Online media

Incident date: February 3, 2023

Attack type:

• Warnings, pre-trial complaints, questioning and other extra-judicial actions

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kaktus

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic sent two letters to the editorial board of Kloop with a demand to remove the article «ARIS denied overstating the cost of social facilities, previously claimed by Orunbekov». In the letters, the state authorities claimed that the material contained «inaccurate (false) information». In case of non-compliance with the decision on the removal of inaccurate information on Kloop.kg by the website owner within the specified period, the Ministry will decide to suspend the operation of Kloop.kg for up to two months". Kloop decided not to remove the article.