The court will consider the claim of the Ministry of Culture of Kyrgyzstan to terminate the activities of "Azattyk" on February 8

On February 8, the Leninsky District Court will start considering the claim of the Ministry of Culture to terminate the activities of Azattyk as a mass media outlet. This is reported by the district court, RFE / RL reports.

The appeal of the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy to the court became known on January 23. In the lawsuit, the agency points out that the video about the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border was not deleted and is distributed in social networks. According to the plaintiffs, the actions of Azattyk Media contradict the requirements of the Law "On Mass Media", in accordance with article 23, propaganda of war, violence and cruelty, national or religious exclusivity and intolerance towards other peoples and nations is prohibited. Based on this, the Ministry of Culture asks the court to stop the activities of "Azattyk".

RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly, commenting on the lawsuit, said that the corporation will use all available legal means to preserve the activities of RFE / RL in the country. "We reject these ongoing illegal attacks on RFE / RL and our independent reporting, and we will continue to serve our loyal Kyrgyz audience no matter what action the Kyrgyz government takes," Fly said.

The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan adopted a decision on October 26, 2022 block sites of "Azattyk". On October 31, the bank's Demirbank account was blocked without notice or warning. Before that, on October 23, Birinchi Radio stopped broadcasting Rzhattyk programs, arguing this decision for technical reasons. On November 13, NTS stopped airing RFE / RL's radio programs.

Source: knews.kg