BishkekAuthorities named a blogger detained in Vietnam an extremist.
The label covers the opposition movement Shumkar and 3 other named critics.
Those named are ecologist Samat Kushbek, analyst Aidar Raev and Tengiz Bolturuk, the Kumtor gold mine’s former external manager.
The announcement names no penalty for membership or support.
How each outlet framed it
- Kloop leans critical
- notes the extremism ruling targets the movement's affiliated organisations, so any activity by members, even a sock business, could count as extremist
Sources: Kloop