Whereas Kyrgyzstan’s unbiased media scene has been slowly deteriorating for 2 years, January 15 marked a turning level with raids by regulation enforcement officers at media retailers and houses of journalists. No less than 11 folks had been detained and ordered into police custody for 2 months. Kyrgyzstan’s parliament is once more contemplating a restrictive draft media regulation in comparison with laws utilized by Russia to close down media retailers there. Becoming a member of host Bruce Pannier to have a look at the crackdown on Kyrgyzstan’s unbiased media and what could be coming if the draft media regulation is accredited are company Tattuububu Ergeshbaeva, director of the Tandem – Legal professionals’ Group and Syinat Sultanalieva, Central Asia researcher for Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan at Human Rights Watch.