21.09.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: Man was rushed to hospital after being beaten by National Security officers

A 62-year-old resident of Aravan district of Osh region turned to human rights activists. She claimed that her son had been beaten by National Security officers. According to her, when her 31-year-old son was at the market in Aravan near the building of the Tax Inspectorate, several men approached him and beat him for no […]

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Sardor Abdukhalilov: If you get down to a high-profile case, dirty methods can be used against you

About why victims of torture in Kyrgyzstan are paid meager compensation and how to solve the problem of violence against women, we talked with the lawyer of the Public Foundation “The Center for Strategic Litigation” Sardor Abdukhalilov. – How effectively does Kyrgyzstan as a state implement the decisions of the UN Human Rights Committee? – […]

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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: Prosecutor’s Office closed the case of torture against police officers

The Prosecutor’s Office of Leilek made a decision on the fact of torture by the officers of the District Department of Internal Affairs of Leilek in relation to the prisoner at the institution No. 25. The Prosecutor’s Office of Leilek district revealed that the arrest of the man took place in the presence of his […]

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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: Batken policemen tortured detainee for two days

A man, who was detained in the Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Batken on August 20, applied to the National Center for the Prevention of Torture. According to the statement, he was illegally detained and for two days he was kept in the office of police officers. The man was tortured by […]

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Kyrgyzstan: court refuses to open case on torture of minor

The Osh regional court upheld the decision of the city court to refuse to satisfy the lawyer’s complaint about declaring illegal the refusal of the prosecutor’s office to initiate a criminal case against an underage student of the lyceum. At the end of February 2022, a minor was subjected to torture and ill-treatment by employees […]

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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: human rights activists call on the authorities to eradicate the use of torture during interrogations

The National Center for the Prevention of Torture declares its support for the Principles of Effective Interrogation for Investigation and Information Gathering, known as the Mendez Principles, which were endorsed by 39 countries around the world during the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council in June this year. Named after Juan Méndez, an […]

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