Kloop website blocking: Court finds decisions of Culture Ministry invalid
The Administrative Court of Bishkek found the decisions of the Ministry of Culture to remove a material from Kloop website and then to block Kloop invalid. The staff of the media outlet reported on its Telegram channel.
According to lawyer Nurbek Sydykov, the website of the media outlet can be unblocked if the same decision is made by the Bishkek City Court.
The media outlet’s representatives specified that this decision applies only to the Russian-language version of Kloop website, which has been blocked since September 12, and in Kyrgyz — since early November.
Kloop.kg website was blocked because of the material «Politician Ravshan Dzheenbekov stated that he was tortured in the pretrial detention center 1». The State Committee for National Security complained to the Ministry of Culture about it. The special services believe that the material «does not correspond to reality and defames the reputation of the SCNS». At the same time, the news item about Dzheenbekov contained the position of the Penitentiary Service denying his statement about torture.
