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 […]
An inter-ministerial group investigating the January events in Kazakhstan intimidates arrested rioters into testifying against opposition politician Zhanbolat Mamai, leader of the unregistered Democratic Party, who is now also under arrest on suspicion of organizing “mass riots” and “disseminating knowingly false information” during the January riots. This information was disseminated by the Arash Committee, which […]
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 […]
A protest was held in the capital of Kazakhstan near the building of the EU embassy. Relatives of those detained and tortured, as well as relatives of those who died during the January riots, called on European politicians to demand that the Kazakh authorities conduct an independent international investigation into the January events. The reason […]
During and after the January events, more than 10,000 people were detained in various regions of the country. Such figures are contained in an analytical report on the observance of the rights of persons detained during and after the January events of 2022, at the stage of pre-trial investigation, prepared by the Kazakhstan International Bureau […]
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 […]
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan published on its website a list of citizens who died during the January riots. The list consists of 238 surnames. As noted in the supervisory authority, the list includes both innocent citizens and criminals. “We are looking into every detail. To date, the circumstances of the death have been […]
The management of the medical and labor dispensary puts up the patients of the institution for sale as a labor force every day. All funds from the sale are taken by the management and the patients work for food. According to ACCA sources, there are currently about 350 people in Lebap velayat’s Therapeutic-labor dispensary (TLD […]
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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