The crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan

Reference RC-B9-0333/2023

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How the groups voted

GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity

The Left37

2334777%

S&D143

1160027100%

Greens/EFA72

The European Parliament adopted by 391 votes to 41, with 30 abstentions, a resolution on the crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan.The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, ECR groups and Members.Once regarded as the most democratic of the Central Asian nations, democratic standards and human rights in Kyrgyzstan have deteriorated alarmingly in recent years with a number of laws being used to crackdown on independent media and free expression.Parliament called on the Kyrgyz authorities to:- respect and uphold fundamental freedoms, in particular media freedom and freedom of expression, in line with the EU-Kyrgyzstan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement;…