Kyrgystan
Kyrgyz authorities shut down Saipov murder investiPosted Apr 19 2008
The Krygyz Interior Ministry's Investigative Committee has shut down the investigation into the murder of Alisher Saipov, former editor of the Uzbek-language weekly Siyosat, last October, yet again, according to Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ was informed by Saipov's family that this decision had been made by the committee because of “the inability to identify a suspect.” In February, a spokesman for the ministry has given conflicting information however, stating the reason the investigation has been stopped two suspected individuals had not been captured and no new evidence had been found. The following week the new Interior Minister Molodomusa Kongantiyev said the case would be reopened.