Tag: kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz Mufti Issues Fatwa Against Gays, Challenges HRW

Bishkek – Kyrgyzstan’s acting grand mufti, Maksat Hajji Toktomushev, has issued a fatwa against same-sex relations and challenged the findings of a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). In a statement placed on the Kyrgyz Muslims’ Spiritual Directorate website on January 30, Toktomushev said Islam absolutely forbids same-sex relations. Homosexuality was decriminalized in Kyrgyzstan… Read more »

Kyrgyzstan: Report documents widespread physical and sexual abuse of gay men by police

A report by a leading human rights group has claimed that gay and bisexual men in Kyrgyzstan face extortion, beatings, illegal detentions and even rape from the police force. Although sex between men was decriminalised in the state in 1998, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released today found that gay men face regular oppression… Read more »

Police raped us with hammers and electric shocks, say Kyrgyzstan gays

Human Rights Watch have called on the country’s government to deal with the ‘nightmare’ for LGBTI people Gay men are reportedly facing extreme abuse by police, including at least one instance of ‘hammer rape’, in Kyrgyzstan. International charity Human Rights Watch is urging authorities in the Central Asian country to acknowledge the police brutality and… Read more »