21.09.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: Detainees in Cholpon-Ata are forced to sleep on the floor

The hotline of the National Center for the Prevention of Torture received information about the beating in the temporary detention center under the Department of Internal Affairs of Issyk-Kul region. A preventive group of employees of the National Center for Issyk-Kul region, an involved expert, as well as the Ombudsman’s representative for this region immediately […]

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Kyrgyzstan: A man dies in pre-trial detention center-1 in Bishkek for unknown reasons

The man’s brother who died told ACCA that relatives suspect the death was unnatural. A year and a half ago, I. was released from colony-settlement No. 26. He was released ahead of schedule, so he had to go to colony settlement No. 26 every week and check in. He did just that. “Later I found […]

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Kyrgyzstan: detainees in detention center report being tortured by law enforcement officers

A man who is in the Osh institution No. 25 spoke about torture by employees of the Leilek District Department of Internal Affairs of the Batken region. The district attorney’s office will handle the case. Lawyers of the Osh office of “Bir Duino (United World) Kyrgyzstan” deal with complaints received during the monitoring of closed […]

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Kyrgyzstan: detention facility management received $350,000 to release a prisoner due to illness

Officials of detention center 5 in the city of Osh are suspected of extorting $350,000. Despite all the available evidence, they continue to hold their positions. The lawyer of the victim Zhyrgalbek Babaev told about this at a press conference in the press center “24”. According to the lawyer, the fact of extortion is proved […]

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Kyrgyzstan: the court sent the accused with a serious diagnosis under arrest

The judge of the Pervomaisky District Court decided to detain the accused despite the fact that he became ill in the courtroom. Earlier, ACCA wrote that the investigator of the Service for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Ibragim Mukhamedov, despite the diagnosis confirmed by the medical […]

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Kyrgyzstan: the investigator unreasonably refuses to change the measure of restraint for a severely sick accused

The investigator of the Service for Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Ibragim Mukhamedov, despite the diagnosis confirmed by the medical report of the accused M. Zhiyanov, refuses to change the measure of restraint on far-fetched grounds. Zhiyanov’s lawyers told ACCA about this. To justify his refusal, […]

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Kyrgyzstan: female prisoners complain about lack of drinking water

Prisoners of institution No. 2 of the Penitentiary Service complained about the heat in the rooms and the lack of drinking water. Employees of the National Center for the Prevention of Torture conducted a comprehensive visit to institution No. 2 of the Penitentiary Service. The visit was unexpected. When checking the isolated area of strict […]

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Kyrgyzstan: 18 people died in closed institutions in three years

The National Center for the Prevention of Torture of the Kyrgyz Republic (NCPT) has published its regular annual report, which analyzes the situation with mortality in closed institutions of the republic. The National Center sent inquiries to the relevant state bodies that have jurisdiction over places of deprivation and restriction of liberty. The requested information […]

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Kyrgyzstan: A man has been illegally detained for the third year

A 46-year-old man suspected of murder has been detained for three years in violation of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which states that the accused cannot be detained for more than one year. During this time, the court must issue either a guilty verdict or an acquittal. This was reported by human rights activists of […]

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