Harm-reduction workers warned that the fines planned for the 2019 justice reform could push people who use drugs further into debt and prison.[1] Ranar Foundation lawyer Denis Kucheryaviy described a man who had served three years after a case involving 3.5 grams of hashish and was struggling with an unpaid fine and missing identity documents.[1] Harm Reduction Network head Sergey Bessonov called for alternative penalties and effective treatment.[1]
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References
- AFEW — In Kyrgyzstan, Fines for Drug-Related Offences will Grow 30-FoldOlga Ochneva · 2018 · 8 February 2018; interviews with Denis Kucheryaviy and Sergey Bessonov; predictions concerning the 2019 reformarchived
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