22.09.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: Woman, convicted of possessing extremist material, files complaint with UN Committee on Women’s Rights

The public association “Human Rights Movement: Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan” (One World – Kyrgyzstan) announced that it had filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee to protect the rights of the Kyrgyz woman who was accused of possessing extremist materials. It’s noted that the complaint was filed 4.5 years after the incident that occurred on […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Human rights activists proposed amendments to the draft law “On extremism”

On February 17-18, representatives of the human rights movement “One World (Bir Duino)”, the head of Osh office Khusanbay Saliev and the executive director Aida Baizhumanova took part in a visiting meeting of the working group of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to finalize the draft law “On counteracting extremist activity”. For two days, the […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Man was sentenced for song in Arabic

A 23-year-old resident of Suzak district of Jalal-Abad region was accused of an extremist crime and sentenced to a real term for posting a song in Arabic on a social network. This was reported by the human rights movement “Bir Duino” (“One World”). According to human rights activists, in 2018, the young man registered on […]

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Kyrgyzstan: human rights activists have criticized bill on extremism

The human rights movement “One World (Bir Duino)” and the partnership network “People who change the world!” posted an appeal to the President of Kyrgyzstan on their official website. In it, human rights activists point to a number of omissions in the new draft law “On counteracting extremist activity”. The bill, initiated by the Ministry […]

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Kyrgyzstan: authorities facilitated the enlevement of their citizen

On July 6, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Kyrgyz citizen Orhan Inandy, one of the so-called top leaders of FETO, had been captured and taken to Turkey. He stated this on the state TV channel TRT Haber. In his speech, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the National Intelligence Organization (Milli Istihbarat Teşkilatı) conducted […]

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Kyrgyzstan: officers of the State Committee for National Security tortured a man with electricity and buried him in snow

For six years now, human rights activists have been trying to bring to justice the employees of the Department of the State Committee for National Security in Osh city for the torture of a 28-year-old resident of Osh. Since 2015, a 28-year-old resident of the city of Osh has been serving a 12-year sentence on […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Law on extremism doesn’t meet international standards

Kyrgyzstan needs to seriously revise the laws on “extremism” and “hate speech” in order to bring them in line with the republic’s international obligations and achieve the right balance between protecting people from discrimination and hate-based violence, on the one hand, and protecting the right to freedom of expression, on the other hand. This is […]

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In Kyrgyzstan, convicts of extremism complain of torture, poor food, and medical care

The National Center of the Kyrgyz Republic for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment has prepared the research concerning the situation of persons held in correctional institutions and pre-trial detention centers of the State Penitentiary Service (SPS) under the government of the Kyrgyz Republic on criminal cases related […]

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In Kyrgyzstan, State Committee for National Security is trying to railroad a bill with new bans for media

The Public Foundation “Institute of Media Policy” in Kyrgyzstan analyzed the amendments to the Law “On resistance to terrorism”, which was submitted for discussion at the end of March by the State Committee for National Security, and the Civil Procedure Code. Experts came to the conclusion that if the changes are adopted, they will allow […]

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