Committee to Protect Journalists: Kyrgyzstan Draft Legislation Empowers Government to Block 'False Information' Online
June 26, 2020
June 26, 2020
NEW YORK, June 26 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on June 25:
Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov should reject recently proposed legislation that would mark a serious step toward curtailing press freedom in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Today, the country's parliament held the second and third readings of proposed legislation called "On Manipulating Information" and passed it by a vote of 79 to . . .
Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov should reject recently proposed legislation that would mark a serious step toward curtailing press freedom in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
Today, the country's parliament held the second and third readings of proposed legislation called "On Manipulating Information" and passed it by a vote of 79 to . . .