The Prosecutor’s Office of Leilek made a decision on the fact of torture by the officers of the District Department of Internal Affairs of Leilek in relation to the prisoner at the institution No. 25.
The Prosecutor’s Office of Leilek district revealed that the arrest of the man took place in the presence of his lawyer, and the detainee was explained his rights and obligations.
“At that time, no petitions were received from him or his lawyer,” the Prosecutor’s Office replied.
After this information was received by the District Prosecutor’s Office, the complaint about the use of torture was registered. However, two days later, based on the results of the pre-investigation check, a decision was made to refuse initiating a criminal case.
The lawyer (provided by “Bir Duino (One World) Kyrgyzstan”) intends to appeal in court the refusal to initiate a criminal case on the application of torture.
“This fact was revealed during the monitoring of the institution No. 25 of the Penitentiary Service under the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic in Osh, conducted by the Regional Center against torture and cruel treatment. Then the statement about torture against the victim was sent to the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Batken. From there, the materials were redirected to the District Prosecutor’s Office of Leilek, which stopped the proceedings two days later,” the human rights activists recall the background.
It’s worth noting that the prisoner of the institution No. 25 wrote a letter to the National Center for the Prevention of Torture. He informed that he was tortured by officers of the District Department of Internal Affairs of Leilek (Batken region). According to him, they demanded confessions from him in committing serious crimes. After talking with the staff of the District Department of Internal Affairs, he had bruises and a hematoma on his upper lip, a chipped tooth, a nose injury and abrasions on his body.
