28.09.2022
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Uzbekistan: prisoner tried to commit suicide after systematic bullying

The story about the attempted suicide of a prisoner in colony No. 7 in Tavaksay (Tashkent region) was replenished with another episode. As human rights activists found out, a certain Timur also decided to commit suicide along with Alisher Yakubov. On July 25, fleeing from persecution by the head of the colony, Sharafutdin Usmanov, they […]

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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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Tajikistan: 80-year-old convicted IRPT veteran placed in punishment cell

One of the founders of the Islamic Renaissance Party banned in Tajikistan, 80-year-old Zubaydullo Rozik, who has been serving a 25-year sentence since 2016, was placed in a punishment cell. His relatives say that the administration of the prison in Vahdat punished him for violating the regime of detention in the colony and sent him […]

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Kazakhstan: detention center officer convicted of extortion and bribe of $50

In the Aktau city court of the Mangistau region, the career of the head of the regime department of the mixed security institution (pre-trial detention center) GM-172/10 Nurlan Bobeshov ended ingloriously. By a court verdict, he was banned for life from working in law enforcement, judicial, quasi-state bodies, and local governments. Nurlan Bobeshov ended up […]

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Turkmenistan: colony officers beat sick prisoner to death

In the LB/K-12 penal colony, a prisoner died last week. This was reported by ACCA sources from the Lebap velayat, close to the structures of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to ACCA sources, last week the temperature was abnormally high in Turkmenistan, in the city of Seydi the temperature reached +48 […]

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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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Kyrgyzstan: after criticism of human rights activists, the authorities began to build a new detention center

The old isolation ward will be demolished and replaced with a new one that meets the standards for keeping suspects. Employees of the National Center for the Prevention of Torture of Kyrgyzstan made an intermediate visit to the Department of Internal Affairs of the Chon-Alai district of the Osh region. In December last year, the […]

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