27.09.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: police officers who raped a 13-year-old girl were sentenced to 15 years in prison

The court recognized all three rapists of the 13-year-old girl and sentenced them to prison terms of 10 to 15 years. On August 30, a judge of the Sverdlovsk District Court of Bishkek sentenced two policemen and a loader from the Dordoi market in the case of the rape of a 13-year-old girl. They were […]

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Kyrgyzstan: A man dies in pre-trial detention center-1 in Bishkek for unknown reasons

The man’s brother who died told ACCA that relatives suspect the death was unnatural. A year and a half ago, I. was released from colony-settlement No. 26. He was released ahead of schedule, so he had to go to colony settlement No. 26 every week and check in. He did just that. “Later I found […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Batken policemen tortured detainee for two days

A man, who was detained in the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Batken on August 20, applied to the National Center for the Prevention of Torture. According to the statement, he was illegally detained and for two days he was kept in the office of police officers. The man was tortured by […]

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Kyrgyzstan: court refuses to open case on torture of minor

The Osh regional court upheld the decision of the city court to refuse to satisfy the lawyer’s complaint about declaring illegal the refusal of the prosecutor’s office to initiate a criminal case against an underage student of the lyceum. At the end of February 2022, a minor was subjected to torture and ill-treatment by employees […]

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Kyrgyzstan: detainees in detention center report being tortured by law enforcement officers

A man who is in the Osh institution No. 25 spoke about torture by employees of the Leilek District Department of Internal Affairs of the Batken region. The district attorney’s office will handle the case. Lawyers of the Osh office of “Bir Duino (United World) Kyrgyzstan” deal with complaints received during the monitoring of closed […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Head of Kumtor mine removed from office due to financial fraud

The Accounts Chamber of Kyrgyzstan revealed financial irregularities at the country’s main gold mine. In this connection, its head, Tengiz Bolturuk, and the financial director were suspended from work. In connection with the transfer of the Kumtor gold mine under the control of Kyrgyzstan, in May this year, the Accounts Chamber of Kyrgyzstan conducted an […]

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Kyrgyzstan: detention facility management received $350,000 to release a prisoner due to illness

Officials of detention center 5 in the city of Osh are suspected of extorting $350,000. Despite all the available evidence, they continue to hold their positions. The lawyer of the victim Zhyrgalbek Babaev told about this at a press conference in the press center “24”. According to the lawyer, the fact of extortion is proved […]

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Kyrgyzstan: 19-year-old activist arrested for criticizing authorities

Yrys Zhekshenaliev, the admin of the Polit Uznik Facebook community, was detained in Bishkek. The 19-year-old blogger is charged with the article “Mass riots” of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. On August 14, President Sadyr Japarov instructed law enforcement agencies to “bring to order false patriots and liars” in connection with the dissemination […]

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Kyrgyzstan: human rights activists call on the authorities to eradicate the use of torture during interrogations

The National Center for the Prevention of Torture declares its support for the Principles of Effective Interrogation for Investigation and Information Gathering, known as the Mendez Principles, which were endorsed by 39 countries around the world during the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council in June this year. Named after Juan Méndez, an […]

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