In Kyrgyzstan, law enforcement agencies are not prosecuting for real calls for violence and discrimination and not for actions that caused harm to anyone based on hatred and enmity, but for keeping texts and images at home, in the isolation ward’s cell, in the memory of mobile phone. This conclusion was made by the authors […]
The authors of the report “Anti-extremist politics in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Comparative review” recognized the anti-extremist legislation of Kyrgyzstan as repressive. Human rights activists believe that it contains repressive potential, which is also used as a tool for personal and political reprisals against opponents. The Kyrgyz anti-extremist legislation includes the law No. 1501 […]
In 2019, the Republic’s Prosecutor General’s office made 27 statements to the court declaring information materials extremist and terrorist and illegal drug advertisements that were satisfied. Based on the results of the consideration of applications, the court by its decision prohibited and limited Internet access on the territory of Kyrgyzstan to 97 extremist websites and […]
The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) proposes to toughen the punishment for Kyrgyz citizens who took part in armed conflicts in foreign countries or received special training in terrorist camps. Corresponding amendments to the Criminal Code have already been submitted for public discussion. According to the new edition of the Criminal Code […]
Relatives of Kyrgyz citizens, who are in refugee camps in Syria and Iraq, want to meet with the President and are ready to organize an indefinite rally to return their relatives to the homeland. Women contacted the Institute of the Ombudsman of the Kyrgyz Republic, whose daughters and grandchildren are in refugee camps in Syria […]
In Bazar-Korgon, a student from Bishkek distributed extremist materials of the religious movement “Hizb ut-Tahrir”, which is banned in Kyrgyzstan. As it became known, the 18-year-old girl is a second-year student at the International University in Bishkek. The student was detained; a criminal case was instituted. “The girl had 54 books in Arabic and notebooks. […]
Kyrgyz human rights defenders say that investigative officers often fabricate cases of extremism and terrorism against citizens by planting banned literature on them. According to the Human Rights Center “One World”, law enforcement agencies deny such facts, referring to the fact that they detain persons who have been specially registered for a long time and […]
Access to 64 websites, 233 accounts and video channels of Internet users is prohibited and limited in the Republic. This was reported by the General Prosecutor of Kyrgyzstan. The reason for taking such measures was the content of these websites. They circulated informational materials promoting the terrorist and extremist activities of individual organizations. The supervisor […]
Deputies of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic are again considering the draft law On amending the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On freedom of religion and religious organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic”, initiated by the government of the Republic. During the discussion, the deputies raised a wide range of issues related to the formation […]
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