10:13, 11 декабря 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency
The journalist of the Agence France-Presse Chris Rickleton was deported to .
According to his colleagues, later he intends to go to the Kazakh office of the agency.
Chris Rickleton spent the last seven years living and working in . On December 9, he arrived in Bishkek from via . However, at the journalist was detained and not allowed to enter the country.
Chris Rickleton is married to a Kyrgyz citizen, they have a daughter. Through the social networks, the journalist appealed to the President of Kyrgyzstan, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, with request to resolve the matter.
Chris Rickleton also teaches at the of in Bishkek.
Earlier, the State Committee for National Security noted that the journalist was banned from entry into for violation of the visa regime.