BISHKEK (Reuters) -A court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced two former video editors of the independent outlet Kloop, Zhoomart Duulatov and Alexander Alexandrov, to five years in prison on Wednesday on charges of spreading false information and undermining public order.

The journalists’ lawyer said the charges were fabricated, and that they had been unfairly convicted. Two more defendants, accountants at Kloop, were given suspended sentences.

Security services raided the homes of several current and former Kloop employees in early 2025, detaining Duulatov and Alexandrov and seizing equipment. Rights groups have described the trial as politically motivated and part of a broader campaign to silence independent media.

Kloop, founded in 2007, is known for its investigative reporting on corruption an

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