Taalay Duyshembiev

Affiliated media: TV channel Next TV, Director

Incident date: March 3, 2022

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: kloop.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

The director of the TV channel Next TV was detained and interrogated. According to the special services' version, the Next TV channel disseminated «false information via social networks about an alleged agreement reached by Kyrgyzstan to provide military assistance to Russia during the special operation on the territory of Ukraine. However, the journalists quoted a statement by the former head of Kazakhstan's special service, Alnur Musayev, which the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense later refuted. The TV channel published Musayev's quotes in its Facebook account and Telegram channel.