Affiliated media: NewTV, Cameraman

Incident date: December 4, 2019

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: The Journalists Public Association

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

"There was a definitive attack against a film crew from the TV channel NewTV. This happened during a raid by the company "Tazalyk", seeking to dismantle illegal organisations in Bishkek. While the journalists were working, cameraman Kalybek Abdymomutov was attacked by three unknown people. They broke the TV company's video camera. The attackers did not respond to repeated calls to stop the illegal actions against the journalists. Then we called the police. They hastily left the scene of the event in a private car and even hit the NewTV correspondents. As a result, cameraman Abdymomutov suffered a bodily injury."