another Kyrgyzstan link (from my bro, Chris):
Kyrgyzstan is one of the world's most dangerous places for journalists

On May 3, 2002, the Committee to Protect Journalists marked World Press Freedom Day by naming the world's worst places to be a journalist - 10 places whose dangers and restrictions represent the full range of current threats to press freedom.
On the list of the worst places to be a journalist are: the West Bank, Colombia, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Belarus, Burma, Zimbabwe, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, and Cuba.