23.09.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: women complain about being tortured during interrogation

During the interrogation, the investigator of the Uzgen District Department of Internal Affairs shouted at the women, insulted them, beat the table with his fists, and threatened them. On August 11, two residents of the city of Uzgen applied to the regional office of the National Center for the Prevention of Torture in the city […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Police knock out four front teeth of a teenager during interrogation

The man turned to the human rights activists from “United World (Bir Duino)” for help in bringing to justice those who beat his son. According to a resident of the city of Osh, this summer his son and his friend were detained on suspicion of hooliganism and robbery. They were taken to the police station, […]

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Kyrgyzstan: in 90% of cases, torture is used by police officers for the sake of confession

According to the 2021 Annual Report of the National Center for the Prevention of Torture, in nine out of ten cases, torture is used by police officers to force people to confess to a crime. The authors of the report note that persons suspected of committing crimes involving criminal liability for crimes against property (theft, […]

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Kyrgyzstan: the fact of torture of father and son to be reviewed by the court

The Supreme Court granted the complaint of the lawyer of the human rights organization “United World (Bir Duino)” in the case of torture against a 60-year-old resident of the Uzgen region and his son, who were beaten by police officers in order to obtain confessions in the murder of a neighbor. In October last year, […]

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Kyrgyzstan: police officers suspected of torture suspended from work

Three employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Jalal-Abad region and one employee of the Tokmak city police department, who previously also worked in the Jalal-Abad police department, were temporarily suspended from their positions by a decision of the Jalal-Abad city court. All of them are employees of the Service for Combating Illicit […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Prosecutor’s Office Refused to Initiate a Criminal Case on Torture of a Minor

The judge of the Osh city court decided to refuse to satisfy the lawyer’s complaint about the recognition of the refusal of the prosecutor’s office to initiate a criminal case on the fact of the torture of a 16-year-old resident of the Karasuu district as illegal. At the end of June, the Osh City Court […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Another fact of the use of torture in the detention center was recorded by human rights activists

A man, who was kept in the temporary detention facility of Department of Internal Affairs of Ala-Buka district, claimed to have been tortured by the police officers. On June 23, during a visit to the temporary detention facility of the Department of Internal Affairs of Ala-Buka district, a man, who was kept there, applied with […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Traces of torture were found on the body of a banker who committed suicide in a detention center

Bakyt Asanbaev, the former deputy chairman of Aiyl Bank, hanged himself in the pre-trial detention center of the State Committee for National Security. He was suspected of corruption. “On June 18, at about 00:55, the detainee committed suicide in the cell of the pre-trial detention center of the State Committee for National Security. He was […]

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Kyrgyzstan: A resident of Alamudun district complains about torture in police

A local resident complained about being tortured during his arrest. This was reported by employees of the National Center for the Prevention of Torture. On June 16, the hotline of the National Center for the Prevention of Torture received a message about the use of torture by police officers. The caller said that he was […]

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