Kyrgyzstan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 27, 2010
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on French and Russian civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral; Supreme Council or Jorgorku Kenesh
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court; Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
75% Muslims; 20% Russian Orthodox; 5% other
From the country
- JANUARY 3, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev made a radio statement...
Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev made a radio statement regarding the extension of the death penalty moratorium until the end of 2003
- JANUARY 1, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998...
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998 and reduced the number of capital crimes, also replacing the death penalty with a maximum of 30 years
- DECEMBER 23, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's human rights commissioner, Tursunbai Bakiruulu,...
Kyrgyzstan's human rights commissioner, Tursunbai Bakiruulu, said he wrote to President Askar Akayev to propose abolishing the death penalty in the country, which declared a moratorium on capital punishment in 2000 and has extended it every year since
- AUGUST 9, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan rebutted a report by Amnesty International...
Kyrgyzstan rebutted a report by Amnesty International that it applied the death penalty to mentally retarded people published the international NGO on June 20, 2002
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
A court in Kyrgyzstan condemned two men to death for murder
- JANUARY 17, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Earlier in January Kyrgyzstan adopted a human rights...
Earlier in January Kyrgyzstan adopted a human rights program under which the death penalty could be abolished by 2010
- JANUARY 11, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree extending...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree extending the moratorium on the execution of death sentences in Kyrgyzstan until 31 December 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
At the end of 2000, it was estimated that about 100...
At the end of 2000, it was estimated that about 100 people were on death row in Kyrgyzstan
- JANUARY 1, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998...
A new Penal Code entered into force in January 1998 and reduced the number of capital crimes, also replacing the death penalty with a maximum of 30 years
- JANUARY 1, 2002KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On december 4, 2000 Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed...
On december 4, 2000 Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging two-year moratorium on capital punishment, which expired on 31st December 2000
- DECEMBER 31, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A trial against four ethnic Uighurs ended at the Sverdlov...
A trial against four ethnic Uighurs ended at the Sverdlov district court of Bishkek in Kyrgzstan
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively...
Local residents and authorities in Central Asia actively resist attempts by Protestant preachers to convert traditionally Muslim population to Christianity, the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta claimed