RFE/RL Broadcasts Cut from Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Network
The United States is concerned that the Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Network stopped broadcasting Radio Azattyk,
the Kyrgyz-language service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Azattyk’s popular television news programs,
“Inconvenient Questions” and “Azattyk Plus.” These programs provide a public service as a source of information for the
Kyrgyz people and make a valuable contribution to free media, open debate, and democratic development in Kyrgyzstan.
We urge the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to work with RFE/RL to again permit broadcast of these programs as soon as
possible.
ENDS