Kyrgyzstan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · In Kyrgyzstan there are 35 prisons, only 5 of which...
- News items in the archive
- 106
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Kyrgyzstan is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 106 news items on Kyrgyzstan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- DECEMBER 13, 2025KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BLOCKS RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's constitutional court on December 10, 2025 rejected a draft law backed by President Sadyr Japarov that would have brought back the death penalty in the Central Asian state.
- OCTOBER 23, 2025KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
UN CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY REVIVAL IN KYRGYZSTAN AS VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on October 20, 2025 warned that the reinstation of the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan would breach international law obligations.
- OCTOBER 2, 2025KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: PRESIDENT ORDERS DRAFTING OF DEATH PENALTY BILL FOR HEINOUS CRIMES
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on October 1, 2025 ordered the drafting of a bill which would reintroduce the death penalty in the country for heinous crimes against women and children.
- JANUARY 1, 2020KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2019KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2018KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2017KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2016KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2015KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2014KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2013KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
JANUARY 4, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: KYRGYZ CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kyrgyz citizen has been sentenced to death in western China on drug-related charges
- JANUARY 1, 2012KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2011KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 6, 2010KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan ratified the Second Optional Protocol...
Kyrgyzstan ratified the Second Optional Protocol...
- MAY 21, 2010KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: FINAL VERSION OF DRAFT CONSTITUTION PUBLISHED
the interim government published the final draft of the Kyrgyz Constitution, which was finalized by the
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: BISHKEK JOINS INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL ON DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
The Kyrgyz Parliament approved the Second Option protocol of the International Covenant
- JANUARY 1, 2010KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZ YOUTH DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's youth human rights organisation staged a protest near Government House in Bishkek. Young
- NOVEMBER 11, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: LAWMAKERS REJECT UN DEATH PENALTY BAN
Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan voted to reject a United Nations protocol banning the death penalty in a move
- NOVEMBER 10, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
the Parliament Committee on International Affairs and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation approved the
the Parliament Committee on International Affairs and Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation approved the
- NOVEMBER 3, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE SENDS DRAFT LAW TO PARLIAMENT
the Parliamentary Committee sent the draft law on Kyrgyzstan's signature of the Second Optional Protocol
- OCTOBER 2, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZISTAN: OMBUDSMAN AGAINST RETURN TO DEATH PENALTY
having high-ranking officials speaking about reinstituting the death penalty will irreparably damage
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN: OFFICIALS URGE RETURN TO DEATH PENALTY
Officials in Kyrgyzstan called for the death penalty to be reinstated and said public executions could be
- FEBRUARY 26, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FIVE KYRGYZ CITIZENS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHINA
“Five Kyrgyz citizens were sentenced to death in China...
- JANUARY 1, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- JANUARY 1, 2008KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...
On June 27, 2007 Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Kyrgyzstan voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZSTAN JOINS CONVENTION AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Tolekan Ismailova, the head of the 'Citizens Against Corruption' human rights centre, announced that the Kyrgyz delegation to the United Nations voted to join the UN convention banning the use of the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 2, 2007KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
SEVENTEEN FOREIGNERS AWAITING EXECUTION IN KYRGYZSTAN
according to the Citizens Against Corruption Human Rights Centre, a total of 17 foreigners are in Kyrgyzstan’s death row. The majority are citizens of the post-Soviet states, with three from other foreign countries