TV channel 'April' - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: TV channel 'April', Social networks of the TV channel

Incident date: May 12, 2020

Attack type:

Trolling

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

Additional information:

Trolls on behalf of TV channel 'April' called for protests. Calls to participate in rallies were allegedly made by journalists from an opposition TV channel owned by former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev. The management of the TV channel stated that provocative calls are «ridiculous and outrageous fake». Media experts called it a deliberate attack, with the purpose to descredit journalists working for the TV channels. Trolls was recorded on the network between 10 and 12 May 2020.

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