UNIPATH STAFF
The Kyrgyz Republic’s security forces are cracking down on suspected terrorists and the recruiters who lure them to fight for Daesh and other violent extremist organizations.
In June 2016, the Kyrgyz State Committee on National Security reported the arrests of several recruiters who had been urging Kyrgyz citizens to join extremist groups in Syria. That same month, the committee reported the arrests of several people it said had undergone terrorist training and fought for terror groups in Syria.
More than 200 people have left the Kyrgyz Republic to join terrorist groups in war-torn Syria, according to the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry, and more than 20 people have been arrested for recruiting terrorists.
Kyrgyz police said about 4,000 people were identified as adherents of extremist views in June 2016, a significant jump from 2015. The Kyrgyz interior minister said 63 criminal cases related to the expression of extremist views were opened in the first five months of 2016.
Sources: Eurasianet.org, 24.kg news agency, Alwaght.com