Media project Ne Sakhar - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Media project Ne Sakhar, Film crew

Incident date: April 1, 2022

Attack type:

  • Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: 24.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Belovodskoye

Additional information:

The film crew of the Ne Sakhar project was attacked in the Moskovsky District. The attack took place at a slaughterhouse in the village of Belovodskoye, Moskovsky District, Chuy Region, 43 km west of Bishkek. Journalists had come to film a report on the results of an investigation, according to which there were violations at the slaughterhouse several years ago. However, according to media workers, during the shooting "about 20 people surrounded the journalists, took away their cameras and phones, and let the dogs out. The attackers also took memory cards from the project representatives and deleted the recorded material. The project staff members filed a complaint with the Department of Internal Affairs of the Moskovsky District of the Chuy Region.

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