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Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Weakens Torture Protection, Media Freedom
Click to expand Image The parliament (Supreme Council) of the Kyrgyz Republic. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. © Mariusz Prusaczyk via Getty Images (Bishkek, June 27, 2025) – Kyrgyzstan’s parliament on June 25, 2025, passed two draft laws that threaten to significantly weaken media freedom and protection against torture in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.The draft Law on the Ombudsman effectively dismantles the independent National Center for th…
In Kyrgyzstan, Parliament had decided to "reorganize" the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture, an independent body that monitored violations of human rights in closed and semi-closed institutions, which would be administered by the Office of the Ombudsman, but human rights defenders called it a blow to the protection of victims of torture.
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