16:33, 04 апреля 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA
A 20-year-old man was subjected to torture and ill-treatment in Talas region. Press service of the National Center for Prevention of Torture (NCPT) reported.
Torture against the detainee was reportedly committed by the district police officer and the police department of Ozgorush village. The detainee is being held in the temporary detention facility of the Internal Affairs Department of Talas region.
«The applicant had bruises and scratches on the neck, chest and arms. According to the detainee, police officers beat him with elbows and hands on the chest, choked him with their hands, and he lost consciousness several times. In addition, the man was threatened with rape by a rubber truncheon. The police officers wanted to get from him a confession to several crimes which the applicant, according to him, had not committed. Employees of the NCPT called an ambulance to the victim, drew up an act on the discovery of bodily injuries. The documents, as well as a covering letter, were sent to the prosecutor’s office,» the center said.