More than 1,500 Kyrgyzstanis serving sentences in prisons abroad

13:48, 14 мая 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Meerimai ALYBEKOVA

At least 1,587 citizens of Kyrgyzstan are serving their sentences in places of detention abroad. Deputy Minister of Justice Orozbek Sydykov told about this at a meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation, State Structure, Judicial, Legal Issues and Regulations of the Parliament.

Of them:

in Russia — 742;
in Turkey — 31;
in Tajikistan — 25;
in Kazakhstan — 86;
in Italy — 10;
in Hungary — 1;
in Germany — 1;
in the UAE — 15;
in Saudi Arabia — 2;
in Korea — 8;
in Slovakia — 1;
in Slovenia — 1;
in Uzbekistan — 45;
in Ukraine — 2;
in Romania — 1;
in Moldova — 1;
in France — 1;
in China — 13;
in Iraq — 41;
in Belarus — 4;
in Lithuania — 2;
in Georgia — 2;
in Iran — 1.

Other 788 Kyrgyzstanis are under investigation in foreign countries: 742 — in Russia, Turkey — 13, Tajikistan — 9, Kazakhstan — 5, Italy — 5, Hungary — 4, Germany — 2, Egypt — 2, Saudi Arabia — 2, Korea — 1, Czech Republic — 1 and France — 1.