Leading Kyrgyz News Agency Raided, Managers Taken For Questioning
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Security agents in Kyrgyzstan raided the Bishkek offices of the news website 24.kg on January 15 and took the outlet's director-general, Asel Otorbaeva, and chief editor, Makhinur Niyazova, away for questioning. RFE/RL correspondents captured the moment offices were sealed off and computer equipment confiscated. Niyazova said the outlet faces criminal charges over an article it published on the war in Ukraine.