Central Asia

Kyrgyz Constitutional Court Rules Against Reinstating Death Penalty

By Dana Omirgazy on 11 December 2025

ASTANA – The Constitutional Court of the Kyrgyz Republic has ruled that bringing back the death penalty is unacceptable and legally impossible. The decision came on Dec. 10 after the court reviewed a request from President Sadyr Japarov to assess proposed constitutional amendments that would allow capital punishment for...