Bride kidnapping for the purpose of forcing women into marriage remains one of the least visible forms of gender-based violence in Central Asia. Although abduction and coercion into marriage are punishable under criminal law across the region, the offenses are defined differently from country to cou
More than 450 foreign nationals have been deported from Kyrgyzstan for violation of migration laws, the press service of the Main Internal Affairs Department of Bishkek reported.
The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek explained the reasons for imposing probation supervision instead of prison sentences on defendants in the criminal case related to the so-called «Letter of 75.»
In Tajikistan, law enforcement agencies have uncovered instances of repeated fortune-telling and witchcraft, leading to criminal investigations, the Tajik Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. As established during operational investigative activities, a 61-year-old resident of the city of Gissar was engaged in fortune telling and witchcraft, receiving money from citizens for this and spending it for […] Запись Two Tajik residents have taken up fortune telling again – a criminal case has been...
The authorities in Tajikistan have reported several cases involving the marriage of underage girls, with criminal cases opened in Dushanbe since the beginning of the year over violations of the country’s legal marriage age. According to the Dushanbe branch of the Interior Ministry , law enforcement
On June 2, the Bishkek City Court reviewed an appeal filed by journalist Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy against a ruling by the Leninsky District Court and rejected it. The information was confirmed by the journalist’s lawyer, Akynbek Nogoev.
President Sadyr Japarov has signed a law amending the procedure for terminating criminal cases and clarifying rules for insurance payments to military personnel.
A criminal case has been opened in Bishkek over alleged lewd acts involving minors. The case was initiated following complaints from the parents of three children, the Internal Affairs Department of Leninsky district said.
The Jalal-Abad Garrison Military Prosecutor’s Office detained former State Committee for National Security (SCNS) employee Azamat Dyikanbaev. A criminal case has been opened against him under the article «Fraud using official position.»
Foreign citizens and stateless persons who have violated Kyrgyzstan’s migration legislation will be allowed to voluntarily leave the country without fines from July 1 to July 31, the Ministry of Labor reported.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev hosted the interior and public security ministers of the “Central Asia-China” format in Astana during the second meeting of regional law enforcement agencies. The meeting was attended by Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong, Kyrgyz Interior Ministe
Law enforcement officers detained a Bishkek resident suspected of distributing pornographic materials online.
Law enforcement officers detained a foreign national in Osh who had been wanted since 2024 on charges of illegal border crossing.
Law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan and Russia have disrupted the activities of a transnational group involved in supplying large batches of synthetic drugs from Russia to Kyrgyzstan, the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
The criminal trial involving former State Committee for National Security (SCNS) chief Kamchybek Tashiev, former Prosecutor General Kurmankul Zulushev and former Speaker of Parliament Nurlanbek Shakiev will continue today, June 1, in the Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek.
Law enforcement authorities in Dushanbe have shut down an underground operation that allegedly produced counterfeit pharmaceutical products, including medicines intended for children. According to the Dushanbe police department , the seized products included syrups sold under well-known brands inclu
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have dismantled the activities of an international criminal group involved in the smuggling of Afghan narcotics, the Interior Ministry’s press service reported.
Preliminary hearings in the criminal case against former head of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev are scheduled to take place today, May 18, at the Pervomaisky District Court in Bishkek.