Tursunbek Beishenbekov

Affiliated media: Newspaper 'Chyndyk', Editor-in-chief

Incident date: January 16, 2020

Attack type:

• Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: kloop.kg

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

The journalist was summoned for questioning to the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Kyrgyz Republic. As Beishenbekov told the media, he was interrogated because of "an official who has been criticized since 2016". Earlier, the Chyndyk newspaper published several articles on issues criticizing the activities of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Zhenish Razzakov, in which, according to journalists, the former deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Asanov may be involved.