E/CN.4/2001/66 page 132 Procurator-General. Regarding the exceptionally severe punishment meted out to Isakhanov and Saparbaev in view of their age at the time of the commission of the offence, the criminal division of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan reduced the penalty by making their sentences suspended ones. Kenya 676. By letter dated 6 November 2000, the Special Rapporteur reminded the Government of a number of cases transmitted in 1996, 1997 and 1998 regarding which no reply had been received. Observations 677. While appreciating the Government’s acceptance of his findings in the report of his 1999 visit (E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.4) (see E/CN.4/2000/SR.27), the Special Rapporteur regrets that it did not provide him with any information on measures taken to give effect to his recommendations. Without such measures, torture will continue to be a generalized practice in Kenya. Kyrgyzstan 678. By letter dated 5 October 2000, the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received information according to which law enforcement officers reportedly used excessive force to break up peaceful demonstrations in several regions of the country protesting irregularities in the 20 February 2000 and 12 March 2000 rounds of parliamentary elections. Hundreds of demonstrators were reportedly detained and beaten. In particular, in Kara Bura special police reportedly violently dispersed hundreds of demonstrators on 22 March. Police officers allegedly charged the demonstrators, beating them indiscriminately with batons and forcefully pushing them into buses. More than a hundred demonstrators were said to have been arrested and taken into custody, among them women and elderly people. Dozens of demonstrators reportedly needed medical attention and several were hospitalized. In particular, the Special Rapporteur transmitted information on Baiysbubu Suiorkulova, who reportedly spent three days in a hospital intensive care unit after being severely beaten by police officers who were trying to break up the protest demonstration. She was reportedly kept in detention for 24 hours without having access to medical help. Other women reported that they suffered concussion, broken arms or hands and severe bruising. Several also said that police officers had pulled them by their hair in order to remove them from the main square in Kara Bura. Peaceful protest pickets in the capital, Bishkek, which started in March were allegedly broken up by police on several occasions in April and June. Every time, protestors reported use of excessive force by the police, including beatings and violent methods of restraint. Urgent appeals and replies received 679. On 11 April 2000, the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Nadejda Nikolaevna Maslovets. She is said to be the only witness in the case of the death of Sergei Skromnov. On 27 February 1998 Sergei Skromnov was reportedly beaten up with truncheons, then pushed into a “Gazel” vehicle by three policemen and taken to an unknown destination, where he was allegedly tortured to death. Nadejda Nikolaevna Maslovets is reported