Lawyers of the public fund “Legal Clinic Adilet” prepared a profound analysis of the draft Law “On the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic”. They came to the conclusion that many provisions of the draft law under consideration violate the principles of the rule of law and legal certainty; there are internal contradictions of a fundamental […]
More than 6 months have passed since the entry into force of the Law “On amnesty in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and the 10th anniversary of the people’s April revolution in 2010”. The Coalition against Torture sent a request to the State Penitentiary Service with […]
Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan Tokon Mamytov appealed to the Venice Commission with a request to give the expert opinion on the draft of the new edition of the Constitution of the Kyrgyz Republic. ACCA was informed about this by the country’s main human rights activist. According to him, his decision is connected with numerous appeals of […]
In Kyrgyzstan, the activists announced the collection of signatures for a petition against amendments to the country’s Constitution. The authors of the petition demand that the law on the holding of a constitutional referendum be called back, that presidential and parliamentary elections be held in a timely manner, and also call on the authorities to […]
Central Asian authorities, including Kyrgyzstan, have used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to suppress policy criticism and tighten up on independent media, civil society and social media users. This is stated in a new informational document published by the International Partnership for Human Rights, the International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law […]
President Sooronbai Jeenbekov signed an objection to the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts in the Sphere of Criminal Law to develop an agreed option. The grounds for the objection were some changes made to the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic (CC) and the Criminal Procedure Code of the […]
The Coalition Against Torture in Kyrgyzstan has published data from the State Penitentiary Service (SPS) on the number of prisoners already released under the amnesty. It turned out that in three months from the date of the entry into force of the amnesty law, only 44 people were released and 483 convicts had their outstanding […]
The President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbai Jeenbekov signed the Law On Television and Radio Broadcasting, adopted by the parliament of the republic on the eve of leaving for the summer holidays. This document allows the broadcast of advertisements on Russian TV channels that are rebroadcast in Kyrgyzstan, which puts local TV and radio companies […]
The coalition against torture of Kyrgyzstan sent an open letter to the President. Human rights activists ask the head of state to reject amendments to the Criminal Law that prohibit Kyrgyz citizens from challenging court decisions in international instances. On June 25, the Kyrgyz Parliament, in a hurry, without sufficient serious elaboration and discussion, adopted […]
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