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"How does self-censorship affect the coverage of political conflicts?"

Roundtable transcript

On December 3, the Bishkek Press Club held a Roundtable on "How does self-censorship affect the coverage of political conflicts?" within the framework of the project "Enhancing the capacity of journalists in covering political conflicts" with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Representatives from state bodies, non-governmental and international organizations, as well as political analysts and journalists, participated in the Roundtable.

List of participants:

Moderator: Muratbek Imanaliev, President of the Institute for Public Policy

Samat Abdumomunov, the radio "Azattyk"
Melis Aydarkulov, Head of the Information Policy Department of the State Agency of Culture
Nurlan Akmatov, lawyer of the public foundation "Media Representative Institute"
Ulugbek Babakulov, the editor in chief of the newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets" in Kyrgyzstan
Nasira Baratbaeva, the editor in chief of the website "Open Kyrgyzstan"
Irina Dudka, the newspaper "Slovo Kyrgyzstana"
Ayzat Zhakybalieva, radio «BBC»
Kabai Karabekov, deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh
Ernis Mamyrkanov, expert of the Information Policy Department of the State Agency of Culture
Asel Omurkanova, news agency "AKIpress "
Irina Pavlova, Information Agency «24.kg»
Temir Sariev, leader of the "Ak Shumkar" party
Azamat Tynaev, "KP-Kyrgyzstan" newspaper

Also, participants from the project "Enhancing the capacity of journalists in covering political conflicts" were in attendance.

Muratbek Imanaliev: Good morning, dear friends, dear colleagues. I am very glad to welcome you and announce the topic of our Roundtable - "How does self-censorship affect the coverage of political conflicts?"

The full text of the transcript is available here

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