On June 15, 2024, Bayan Jumagulova, a 65-year-old retired journalist and former Azattyk (Radio Free Europe) correspondent, was summoned for interrogation at the Sverdlovsk District Police Department in Bishkek.

A wave of police raids, interrogations, and detentions targeting independent media outlets and journalists in Bishkek has ignited concerns about the erosion of media freedom in the country.

Aizhan Myrsan was fined and criminally charged for inciting ethnic hatred over an edited video clip of a live report on social media.

Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS) summoned PolitKlinika editor-in-Chief Dilbar Alimova.

Four journalists, including two women journalists, were detained by the police on three separate occasions during their coverage of the national elections. At least one of these reporters was also attacked in the field by a civilian.