President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law aimed at preventing torture and expanding the rights of convicts in Kazakhstan, according to the press service of Akorda.
«This law is a continuation of consistent efforts of Kazakhstan aimed at rooting out torture and other forms of cruel treatment of convicts, expanding their rights and preventing negative prison subculture from forming,» the press service said in a statement.
The new legislation introduces criminal liability for cruel behavior toward inmates or humiliation of their human dignity. The law also requires law enforcement officials to use record investigative actions...