Over 100 journalists died in Kyrgyzstan over the years of independence

It is reported by the radio Azattyk.

In 2018 alone, Kyrgyz journalism lost four journalists.

“In July, the leading journalist of Azattyk Ulanbek Egizbayev and the correspondent of Sputnik Ismail Mamytov died. Ulanbek was 28 years old, and Ismail was 25. In August, the famous TV and radio host Saltanat Samatova died after a long illness. In October, Kyrgyzstan bid farewell to the Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism of the Kyrgyz Republic, who devoted his whole life to journalism and the word, Sultan Zhumagulov,” reminds Azattyk.

In Kyrgyzstan, November 7 is Information and Press Day.

“The Qazaq Times”