More than 8,000 women and 200 children in Kyrgyzstan suffered from domestic violence in 2022. Prosecutor General Kurmankul Zulushev announced at a meeting of the Parliament.
The deputies heard the report of the Prosecutor General on the work for 2022.
According to Kurmankul Zulushev, the protection of children, women, people with disabilities and the elderly from domestic violence remains an urgent problem.
At least 9,880 cases of domestic violence were registered in Kyrgyzstan in 2022.
According to the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence, 8,725 protection orders were issued to the victims, 190 of them were extended.
The Prosecutor General said that 181 criminal cases were opened on the facts of domestic violence, 82 cases of them were brought to court, 63 cases were closed after reconciliation of the parties, 36 — at the stage of investigation.
Source: 24.kg News Agency