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
- NOVEMBER 15, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty...
The Kyrgyz military tribunal confirmed the death penalty handed down earlier to two guerrilla members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
- OCTOBER 26, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan finalized transfer of responsibility for...
Kyrgyzstan finalized transfer of responsibility for the penitentiary system from the Interior to the Justice Ministry, Kyrgyz Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev said
- JUNE 20, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Kyrgyz military court sentenced Russian citizen...
The Kyrgyz military court sentenced Russian citizen Ruslan Abdulin and Tajik citizen Ravshan Sharipov to death
- MARCH 26, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Five members of an international terrorist grouping...
Five members of an international terrorist grouping that carried out terrorist acts in the Kyrgyzstani city of Osh in May and June 1998 were sentenced to capital punishment
- MARCH 16, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A court in southern Kyrgyzstan sentenced four people...
A court in southern Kyrgyzstan sentenced four people to death and a fifth - a Chinese national - to life imprisonment for bomb attacks in 1998 in which five people died
- JANUARY 12, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A collegium of the city court of Bishkek, chaired by Dzh
A collegium of the city court of Bishkek, chaired by Dzh
- JANUARY 1, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH 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, 2001KyrgyzstanDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 7, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty...
President Askar Akayev pardoned six men found guilty of plotting to assassinate him
- DECEMBER 4, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging two-year moratorium on capital punishment, which expired on 31st December 2000
- DECEMBER 4, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed a decree prolonging two-year moratorium on capital punishment, which expired on 31st December 2000
- NOVEMBER 14, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
President Askar Akayev in his annual address to the...
President Askar Akayev in his annual address to the nation announced he would prolonged by one more year the moratorium on the fulfilment of death sentences