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Familiar patterns of harassment and obstruction, with new focus on curtailing internet. By Gulnura Toralieva in Bishkek, Aslibegim Manzarshoeva in Dushanbe and Irina Stupakova in Almaty (RCA No. 560, 05-Jan-09) Media-watchers in Central Asia say 2008 was a period of stagnation, with many of the remaining independent press, broadcast and internet outlets under mounting pressure from national governments. Internet publications faced particular problems in the past year as governments tried to rein in the new, less controlled forms of media. In its 2008 Press Freedom Index, the Paris-based watchdog group Reporters Without Borders ranked Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan near the bottom of its list, at 163rd and 171st place, respectively, out of 173. Kazakstan at 125 and Kyrgyzstan at 111 also scored poorly, while Tajikistan performed... [read full story]
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