Freedom of Expression/History/Country sources/Kyrgyzstan
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Kyrgyzstan
According to Article 16.2 of the 1993 Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic as amended in February 1996, "Every person in the Kyrgyz Republic shall enjoy the right ... to free expression and dissemination of one's thoughts, ideas, opinions." Freedom of expression continues to be protected with Article 32 of the 2021 Constitution. However, it does prohibit “propaganda of national, racial, religious hatred, gender and other social superiority.”
References:
1993 Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic as amended in February 1996: http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/kyrgyzrepublic-constitution.html
English Translation of the Constitution of 2021, Adopted by the Referendum of 11 April 2021, 9 (2021) https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzkg0041&id=9&men_tab=srchresults