Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is a country in transition, coping with the break up of the Soviet Union in the 1990s and more recently the fall of a president who exercised tight controls over the media. Amid difficult economic conditions and a tense political environment, Kyrgyz journalists have made significant progress in opening up the media sector towards a more public oriented service. IMS supports their work by pushing for media law and policy reform, providing trainings to strengthen the knowldege and skills of the journalists, and to build their capacity to produce and disseminate professional content.Archive
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- Collection to support Kyrgyz media ends
- Successful International Media Law Summer School in Kyiv
- The heroes of Osh
- Danish journalists in bid to support Kyrgyz colleagues
- Emergency assistance to journalists in Kyrgyzstan
- Witnessing the riots in Kyrgyz city of Osh
- Media under pressure in Kyrgyzstan
- Joint statement in support of media in the Kyrgyz Republic
- Uncertainty coupled with careful optimism in Kyrgyzstan
- Media freedom under attack in Kyrgyzstan
- Worsening conditions for journalists in Kyrgyzstan
- Political extremism and terrorism, and media in Central Asia, with examples of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 2008 in English
- Political extremism and terrorism, and media in Central Asia, with examples of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 2008 in Russian
- Research project: Political extremism and terrorism, and media in Central Asia; a case study of Kyrgyzstan, 2008 in English
- Research project: Political extremism and terrorism, and media in Central Asia; a case study of Kyrgyzstan, 2008 in Russian
Emergency assistance to journalists in Kyrgyzstan
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In coordination with the Public Association of Journalists (PAJ), IMS will be sending emergency assistance for approximately 100 journalists caught up in the crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan
During the course of the last days, PAJ, one of the only journalist associations in Kyrgyzstan, has been speaking with approximately 50 journalists in the Osh and Jalal-Abad regions to assess their needs in the context of the ongoing violence and instability in the south of the country. Based on this assessment, IMS will be supporting PAJ in taking emergency supplies of food and medicine for approximately 100 journalists and their families.
PAJ and IMS will also work together to assess the wider needs of the media community in the Osh and Jalal-Abad regions based on the findings of the emergency mission there during the coming days. Based on these findings, IMS will review with PAJ and other partners what further assistance can be provided.
According to IMS’ partners in Kyrgyzstan, journalists in Osh and Jalal-Abad also do not have any possibility of continuing to work normally, with the result that the media coverage of the events in the southern part of the country is poor. Little video footage or photos are available, as journalists fear attacks while reporting in the streets. Moreover, during the violence, the buildings of Osh TV and JTR TV in Osh and Jalal Abad were also burnt down leading to a reliance of local media on official sources.
IMS has carried out two assessment missions to Kyrgyzstan over the last three months between April and June 2010. For more information, please contact Helle Nordberg or Lotte Dahlmann, IMS on tel. (45) 88327005 or mobile: (45) 25543541.
Read the latest articles about media in Kyrgyzstan on the IMS website.
IMS in Kyrgyzstan
Over a number of years International Media Support has supported media development in the Fergana Valley which stretches from South-east Kyrgyzstan across Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan. To strengthen the role of media in a peaceful and democratic development of the region, IMS supports cross-border joint radio and tv productions which are broadcast in all three countries. Following the recent eruption of violence in Kyrgyzstan, IMS is looking into the possibility of scaling up support for local media.
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