On February 2, the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov signed the decree on the appointment of Zamirbek Bazarbekov as Chairman of the Supreme Court of the republic. His tenure of office will be 5 years. At first glance, the appointment is quite justified. The current Chairman of the Supreme Court has extensive experience in this […]
Lawyer and member of the Coalition against Torture in Kyrgyzstan Arsen Ambaryan analyzed the incident with journalists of the Kyrgyz YouTube channel Temirov Live especially for ACCA in terms of the shortcomings of the anti-drug legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic and chances In 2021, Ambaryan conducted an analysis of some sentences of the courts of […]
On January 20, the Court of Pervomaiskiy district of Bishkek, having considered the complaint of the lawyer Avtandil Bakytbek, recognized the inactivity of the State Committee for National Security in the investigation into the death of human rights activist Azimzhan Askarov as unfounded. The complaint was filed due to the fact that the investigator of […]
In Bishkek, on January 22, Bolot Temirov (an investigative journalist and host of Temirov Live channel) was detained in his office. This became known from the video of his detention, which was circulated online in Kyrgyzstan. On January 22, the group of Special Rapid Response Detachment arrived at Bolot Temirov’s office. Without explaining anything, its […]
Mary Lawlor (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders) urged the authorities of Kyrgyzstan to stop prosecuting human rights activist Kamil Ruziev and investigate the offenses that he had uncovered. She noted that the authorities of Kyrgyzstan must ensure a fair trial for Ruziev and effectively investigate all allegations of threats and cruel […]
Pervomaiskiy District Court of Bishkek continues the trial of the murder of crime boss Almazbek Sulaimanov, nicknamed Limonti. The crime boss was killed in March 2020, in his hometown of Naryn. For the investigation, it was not a mystery who was guilty of the crime, since Talgat Shamiev himself brought the corpse of Sulaimanov […]
Employees of the human rights organization “Advocates. Human Rights’ Center” monitored criminal cases against 29 minors aged 14-18 years on the observance of the rights of the defendants in the courts. They were accused of committing less serious cases (over 70%) – against public order and against health. Observers note that in every fourth case, […]
A convicted Kyrgyzstani with disabilities, pardoned by the president, has been “overstaying” for more than two months due to the judge’s negligence, lawyer Indira Sautova told ACCA. “Arthur Becker was arrested and convicted in 2017. And in 2018 he was arrested again (already in the colony) for hooliganism committed in 2015. The guy went through […]
On September 10, an activist of the United Kyrgyzstan (Butun Kyrgyzstan) party Orozayym Narmatova was detained in Osh. This happened at the airport in the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan, from where she was going to fly to Moscow. In 2020, Orozayym Narmatova ran for parliament from the Butun Kyrgyzstan party – she was in the […]
Any person from the countries of Central Asia who believes that his rights have been violated can apply to us for help.
