From a monitoring group report:
“I was taken in, all heavily beaten up, and the doctor said: Most importantly, you can stand on your feet,
and issued a certificate.”105
From a monitoring group report:
“The doctor did not ask anything at all, he even did not look at me, just wrote down that I was healthy.” 106
In the course of the interviews, 86 persons held in custody (17.2%) said that when they were
admitted, they were examined by the TDF chief and officers. For instance, this was the case in the
TDF in Balykchy and Naryn, and in the TDF under the Talas province Interior Department.
Diagram 31.
Who carried out medical examination upon placement in the TDF
Doesn't know
Chief or duty officer of the TDF
Doctor/nurse from the ambulance
Doctor from a human rights organization
Doctor/medical assistant in the TDF
Doctor/nurse from the regional hospital
3.2%
17.2%
6.0%
0.4%
3.0%
70.4%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Diagram 32.
Medical examination procedure upon placement in the TDF
As can be deduced from the survey results, the medical examination procedure is not compliant
with international standards, in particular the UN Istanbul Protocol (Manual on Effective
Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment).
105
106
Monitoring group report, No. 1-2/25.
Monitoring group report, No. 1-7/8.
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