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 24, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Taalaybek Beyshembiyev, Vyacheslav Abdrashitov and...
Taalaybek Beyshembiyev, Vyacheslav Abdrashitov and Vitaliy Kurkin were sentenced to death by the Bishkek garrison military court
- JANUARY 1, 2000KyrgyzstanDEATH 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 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
In December, members of the ethnic Uighur community...
In December, members of the ethnic Uighur community in the Kyrgyzstan called upon China to end "human rights violations" in the Xinjiang-Uighur Autonomous Region of the PRC
- OCTOBER 27, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On October 27, a delegation from the Italian Senate,...
On October 27, a delegation from the Italian Senate, composed of Sen
- MARCH 14, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On March 14, a court sentenced Pavel Gorobets to death...
On March 14, a court sentenced Pavel Gorobets to death for murdering and dismembering one of his tenants, Viktor Grekhovodov, in December 1997, and his girlfriend Valentina Kashina, in March 1998 before eating their flesh
- JANUARY 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
In Kyrgyzstan there are 35 prisons, only 5 of which...
In Kyrgyzstan there are 35 prisons, only 5 of which can really be considered such
- JANUARY 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Everything concerning the death penalty is shrouded...
Everything concerning the death penalty is shrouded in secrecy in the Kyrgyzstan: there is no official data; the execution procedure is not codified; the executed prisoner's burial place is not revealed; the family has no right whatsoever to recover the b
- JANUARY 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH 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, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On December 5, 1998, President Askar Akayev adopted...
On December 5, 1998, President Askar Akayev adopted a decree of a two-year moratorium on the death sentence
- JANUARY 1, 1999KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
When a condemned prisoner's request for clemency is...
When a condemned prisoner's request for clemency is turned down, a group of special guards leads him in handcuffs to a bunker where an official from the Public Prosecutor's office, a representative of the prison administration, a doctor and an executioner