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BISHKEK (TCA) — The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek said it handed over video surveillance equipment to the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) on 24 October in the city of Osh. The video equipment consisting of 18 security cameras will enhance security in the remand prison as well as contribute to prevention of torture and other cruel and degrading treatment or punishment in penitentiaries. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The former director of Tajikistan’s National Library has gone on trial on charges of violating a law that curtails spending on weddings, funerals, and other private gatherings, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced ex-President Askar Akayev's former son-in-law to 20 years in prison in absentia, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — On 30 June the southern Kyrgyzstan city of Osh will host a round table “On the protection of lawyers’ rights and ethical standards of the legal profession”, organised by the EU-Central Asia Rule of Law Platform, in cooperation with the Kyrgyz and the Paris Bars. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Early in the morning of June 22, police officers cordoned off the Ak-Keme hotel in Bishkek. All the hotel employees were taken out of the building and inventory of the hotel property began. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s authorities have launched an "unrelenting assault" against lawyers, particularly those defending government critics, RFE/RL reports citing Amnesty International. Continue reading
