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
- OCTOBER 1, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Dzhayyl district court, Kyrgyzstan, sentenced two...
The Dzhayyl district court, Kyrgyzstan, sentenced two men to death after convicting them of murdering police officer Mirlan Abdydzhaparov
- JULY 13, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Roziyev Abdurakhman and Ibragimov Rakhman were sentenced...
Roziyev Abdurakhman and Ibragimov Rakhman were sentenced to death and another two to long prison terms in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz independent fergana
- JUNE 14, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The human rights commissioner of Kyrgyzstan, Tursunbai...
The human rights commissioner of Kyrgyzstan, Tursunbai Bakir-uulu, proposed introducing a moratorium on the death penalty
- APRIL 16, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
During a debate on the death penalty at the UNCHR,...
During a debate on the death penalty at the UNCHR, Ambassador Z
- APRIL 12, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
President Askar Akayev established a two-year moratorium on executions
President Askar Akayev established a two-year moratorium on executions
- MARCH 25, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to...
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev signed amendments to the country's Criminal Code abolishing the death penalty for the attempted murder of a statesman or public official, for the attempted murder of an official in the judicial or investigative branches and f
- MARCH 19, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The Aksy District court in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern...
The Aksy District court in Kyrgyzstan's southwestern Dzhalal-Abad Region sentenced Dayyrbek Batyrbekov to death and his brother, Kasymbek Batyrbekov, to 22 years in prison for killing a policeman
- FEBRUARY 19, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo...
A military court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced to death Asadullo Abdullayev, 24, and Ilkhom Izatullayev, 25, two Islamic militants of Uzbek nationality, after finding them guilty of plotting an explosion on December 2002 at a market in Bishkek which killed seve
- JANUARY 15, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty in Kyrgyzstan could be abolished...
The death penalty in Kyrgyzstan could be abolished as early as 2006, Kyrgyz Justice Minister Kurmanbek Osmonov said
- JANUARY 1, 2004KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev extended the moratorium...
Kyrgyzstan's President Askar Akayev extended the moratorium on the use of the death penalty until the end of 2004
- AUGUST 7, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
The HOC delegation formed by Bruno Mellano, Antonio...
The HOC delegation formed by Bruno Mellano, Antonio Stango and Rosanna Degiovanni completed its official meetings in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan
- JULY 9, 2003KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, said he favoured an extension of the moratorium on the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan due to expire in December 2003
- 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
- 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