Kyrgyzstan: Government Bans News Websites from the Election Campaign

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    Date: 
    28 July 2011

    Ahead of the presidential elections to be held on 30 October 2011, Central Elections Committee (CEC) came out with a controversial decision, barring web-based news media from taking part in the agitation campaign. Eleven news sites were denied accreditation to inform voters on the pre-election developments.