Tahmina Kenzhebek kyzy - Justice for Journalists

Tahmina Kenzhebek kyzy

Affiliated media: SuperTV, Journalist

Incident date: May 17, 2022

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Kloop

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

The journalists of SuperTV were temporarily prohibited from entering the parliament. The deputies made such a decision after the SuperTV film crew tried to ask questions to the deputies in the canteen of the parliament. «Actions» of the journalists angered deputy Narmatova and she tried to take away the microphone from the correspondent of the TV channel. Later, SuperTV published this story on its YouTube channel. The head of the press service of the parliament, Erkinbek Kaimov, said that the film crew was temporarily prohibited to enter the building and cover the work of the parliament.

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