22.09.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: Woman, acquitted of murder, will receive $975 as compensation

The District Court of Suzak satisfied the claim of the acquitted woman for compensation for material damage in the amount of $975 (80,000 KGS) imposed as a result of the guilty verdict. On November 29, 2019, Takhmina was sentenced to seven and a half years for the murder of her own daughter, who was 2.5 […]

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Kyrgyzstan is in the top three countries with the largest decline in the rule of law

Kyrgyzstan worsened its indicators on the Rule of Law Index, which is compiled annually by the international organization The World Justice Project (WJP). The Index ranks countries according to their achievements in creating an environment based on the existence of legislation that protects the rights of citizens. Based on the results for each indicator, a […]

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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: mother of the 6-year-old girl raped is under pressure

Relatives of a 28-year-old accused of raping a six-year-old girl are trying to reduce his sentence. They put pressure on the mother of the injured girl, putting her before a choice – help in the treatment of her daughter and cover other expenses in exchange for a short prison term. Three six-year-old girls, students of […]

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Kyrgyzstan: farmer fights for 12 years against officials who took away his land

Gafurzhan Dadazhanov has been trying to restore justice and return the illegally taken property of his family for 12 years. Together, law enforcement agencies are in no hurry to bring the perpetrators to justice. Supervisory authorities send case files from one department to another. A land plot of 3.1 hectares, owned by Dadazhanov on a […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Activists opposed the parliamentary initiative restricting the rights of women

In Bishkek, activists staged a rally twice in five days against MP Shailoobek Atazov. On June 10, three townspeople, residents of Sverdlovsk district of the capital, where Shailoobek Atazov ran for Parliament, took part in the action. They went to the Parliament building demanding that he resigns as a deputy. Voters were outraged by his […]

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Another announcement by the Agency for Information and Mass Communications (AIMC) under the Presidential Administration reinforced the efforts of the authorities to control the distribution of content online. According to the online media Daryo.uz, in turn referring to the speech of the director of the Agency Asadjon Khojaev at the 26th plenary session of the Senate, Uzbekistan should establish administrative responsibility for the media and bloggers for publishing materials that promote violence, cruelty, religious intolerance, immorality and pornography. He stated violations ‘which have caused spiritual, educational and religious prejudice in our youth. For example, more than 18,000 such cases were identified between 2021 and 2022’. On 9500 sites in Uz domain, information was found that inclines to illegal actions, gambling, drug use, alcohol and tobacco products. Measures are being taken to them jointly with the Internet regulator Uzkomnazorat and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “Access to unwanted information is easily bypassed when using a VPN,” an ACCA expert comments on AIMC’s actions. “So the sterilization of content generated from abroad is simply impossible. Those, who are easy to crush, fall in the law enforcement squeezer.” Earlier, ACCA wrote about how on June 21, 2021, the head and one of the founders of Kun.uz, Makhsudjon Askarov, was fined $1,156 by the Chilanzar District Court for Criminal Cases in Tashkent for religious materials posted on the site. For dubious reasons, the Ministry of Internal Affairs didn’t like seven articles before and during Ramadan. In particular, a quote about the New Zealand police, which presented uniforms stylized as a hijab, aroused suspicion.

On May 17, an underage teenager, protecting his mother, younger brothers and sisters, stabbed a drunken man in the stomach with a knife. Police arrived at the scene and took the teenager into custody. He is charged with Article 130 of part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic “Grievous bodily harm”. The […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Lawyer served 5 days for insulting judges

On March 24, the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Bishkek considered a case of petty hooliganism against lawyer Nurbek Toktakunov. The reason was his statement at the rally near the Russian Embassy concerning the events in Ukraine. Toktakunov publicly called the country’s judges ‘nonentities’. The Pervomaiskiy Court of Bishkek issued a decision to arrest Toktakunov for […]

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Kyrgyzstan: For the first time, lawyer was arrested for insulting judges

Lawyer Nurbek Toktakunov was arrested for five days for insulting judges. The corresponding decision was made by the Pervomaiskiy Court of Bishkek. On March 24, the Pervomaiskiy District Court of Bishkek considered a case of petty hooliganism against lawyer Nurbek Toktakunov. The reason was his statement at a rally in front of the Russian Embassy […]

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