New report on extremism, terrorism and the media in Central Asia

The report, IMS writes, "is pioneering this field, as facts about the actual media coverage remains scarce on a global scale and is the first of its kind in Central Asia". It was launched in Almaty in Kazakhstan and Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan in late September.

The report is the work of Dusan Reljic, a senior research associate at the German Institute for International Affairs and Security (SWP) in Berlin, who designed and conducted the study for IMS in close collaboration with The international Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech in Kazakhstan (Adil Soz) and The public Association "Journalists" in Kyrgyzstan. The report is published in English and Russian, and is accompanied by a research report on case studies in Kyrgyzstan produced by "Journalists".