09:33, 23 мая 2018, 24.kg
OSCE media representative welcomes dropping of claims against Zanoza.kg
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed the dropping of defamation claims against the now-defunct Kyrgyz media outlet Zanoza.kg, and its journalists Dina Maslova and Naryn Aiyp, by the former president Almazbek Atambayev.
«I am pleased that this positive move may herald a new, constructive relationship between the media and authorities in Kyrgyzstan. Disproportionate fees in civil defamation cases have a chilling effect on media freedom and may bring about the closure of outlets and thus, endanger media pluralism,» Harlem Desir said.
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