21.09.2022
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Tajikistan: 14 cases of torture were recorded by human rights defenders since the beginning of the year

“During the first half of the year, the secretariat of the Legal Aid Group and member organizations of the Coalition documented 14 complaints on the use of torture and cruel treatment. Work continued on 9 cases of previous years,” human rights activists said. “Major human rights violations were during arrest and investigation: unlawful and arbitrary […]

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Uzbekistan: authorities punished activist and his family by eviction from the house

On July 24, the authorities evicted the family of Muhammadamin Ermatov (14 people) from the house. Before that they forced the owners to sue a member of the initiative group of the new political party “Hakikat, Tarakkiyot va Birdamlik” (“Justice, Development and Solidarity”). One of the party’s sympathizers posted a video about the eviction process […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Parliament passed a law restricting freedom of speech

The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted a scandalous bill “On protection from false and inaccurate information”, initiated by the deputy Gulshat Asylbaeva. The decision was made at the meeting on July 28. On June 26, 2020, the deputies approved the resonant Law “On manipulating information”. Then human rights activists demanded that the incumbent president Sooronbai Jeenbekov […]

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Uzbekistan: man died after torture by Interior Ministry officers

The death of a person after torture in the District Department of Internal Affairs of the city of Takhiatash of the Republic of Karakalpakstan was reported by the information center “Shirak”, whose employees are in political emigration. Bakhtiyar Dauletmuratov died on July 5. He was ill for a long time after being beaten on May […]

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Kyrgyzstan: court released ex-official, who was accused of embezzling $ 94,000

The Pervomaiskiy District Court ruled on the criminal case of Adilet Abdykadyrov, the former director of the Department of Housing and Civil Engineering under the State Agency for Architecture, Construction and Housing and Communal Services. This is stated in the court ruling. He is accused of the fact that he and the head of the […]

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Kazakhstan: Vice mayor and Ministry’s official are suspected of taking bribe

The Anti-Corruption Agency has begun a pre-trial investigation against the vice mayor of one of the districts of the East Kazakhstan region. According to the Anti-Corruption Agency, the official is suspected of receiving a bribe from an entrepreneur in the amount of $ 4,200. In the interests of the investigation, the anti-corruption fighters don’t disclose […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Vice mayor of Bishkek was detained for bribe

When returning part of the previously received bribe in the amount of $ 6,000, the employees of the structural unit of the mayor’s office of Bishkek were caught red-handed. This was reported by the press service of the State Committee for National Security. It was established that the detainees in collusion with the vice mayor […]

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Uzbekistan: access to another social network is limited

The State Inspectorate for control in the sphere of informatization and telecommunications (“Uzkomnazorat”) resorted to the actual blocking of Wechat. The agency itself calls this a restriction of access. Now the Chinese social network will add to the register of violators of the rights of subjects of personal data. Earlier, ACCA wrote about the notification […]

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Kyrgyzstan: Parliament supported scandalous changes in Criminal Codes

At the meeting on July 22, the deputies of Parliament the Kyrgyz Republic supported in three readings the drafts of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Criminal Code and the Code of Offenses. This legislation, actively criticized by human rights defenders, should come into force on September 1. The amendments to the Codes were officially initiated […]

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