22.09.2022
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Kyrgyzstan: police officers tortured man to confess to murder

The human rights defenders were approached by a 60-year-old resident of the Sherali village of the Uzgen region, who told about how he and his son were beaten by police officers to obtain confessions of a crime. This was reported by the human rights organization United World (Bir Duino). The man has a II disability […]

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Uzbekistan: authorities blocked activists before elections

Before the presidential elections on October 24, the authorities carried out several operations to block the activities of citizens who critically assess the rights and freedoms in the country. Karakalpak activists reported on the arrest of a colleague on October 18. In Nukus, Omirbek Kurbanov was taken from his house to the Municipal Internal Affairs […]

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Kyrgyzstan: human rights defenders report horrible detention conditions in isolation wards

As a result of visiting temporary detention facilities in Kyrgyzstan, human rights defenders made disappointing statements: the conditions of detention are terrible. Dampness, dirt, and in some temporary detention facilities the detainees have no place to sleep at all. This is only part of the violation, in fact, there are many more. Within a week, […]

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Kazakhstan: investigator tries to revoke lawyer’s license out of revenge

Another scandal in the human rights sphere of Kazakhstan. The investigation is trying to revoke the lawyer’s license for trying to defend her client, a clergyman. Nazerke Rizabekova, a lawyer of the Bar Association of the East Kazakhstan region, reported about her confrontation with the Almaty police investigator Irina Litvinenko. The conflict between the ladies […]

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Kyrgyzstan: border service officers detained for extortions at the state border

The State Committee for National Security has suppressed the stable corruption activities of the servicemen of the State Border Service of the State Committee for National Security. This was reported by the press service of the department. Within the framework of pre-trial proceedings, registered in the Unified Register of Misdemeanors and Crimes on the grounds […]

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Turkmenistan: security officials harass the family of a political activist

The sibling of the Turkmen activist Kakamurad Khydyrov is under intense pressure from the Ministry of National Security of Turkmenistan. This was reported by ACCA sources. Khydyrov Muhammad is the brother of the activist Kakamurad Khydyrov who lives in Great Britain. Muhammad is under round-the-clock surveillance, his phone, the phones of relatives, and close friends […]

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Kyrgyzstan: executive secretary of the Pardon Commission of the Presidential Administration detained

The State Committee for National Security has detained the executive secretary of the Pardon Commission of the Presidential Administration, Taalaibek Apenov. This was reported by the press service of the State Committee. It is clarified that he was detained on the fact of extortion and receiving a bribe. “The state authorities have established a well-established […]

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Kyrgyzstan: patients of the territorial hospital are treated with expired medicines

A group of employees of the Institute of the Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, within the framework of the “Caravan of Law” project co-funded by the European Union and BMZ, monitored the observance of the rights of patients in the Toguz-Torou territorial hospital of Jalal-Abad region. During the visit to the hospital, it was revealed that the […]

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Kazakhstan: a teacher’s position costs a million

In the Turkestan region of Kazakhstan, employees of the anti-corruption department detained the head of the education department of the Sairam district, Kuralai Shadieva, and the director of secondary school No. 14, Arman Pernebaev, on suspicion of accepting a bribe. According to investigators, both detainees requested one million tenges ($ 2,352) from a resident so […]

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