Civil activist Ondurush Toktonasyrov held one-man protest in support of Azattyk. He posted a video on his Facebook page.
Ondurush Toktonasyrov calls on the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy to revoke the order to block the website as illegal. He says about pressure on the media and growing threat to freedom of speech.
The Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy announced that it had suspended the operation of Radio Azattyk website for two months. The ministry noted that on September 16, Current Time resource (subordinate structure of Azattyk Media) published a video «Heavy fighting on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan», in which «elements of hate speech were used, as well as unconfirmed information about an alleged attack by the Kyrgyz side on Tajikistan, information that aggravates the situation in society and causes hatred, discrimination and division among citizens, when covering events in Batken region.»
