Alisher Kadyrov Calls for the Death Penalty for Child Killers and Pedophiles

Alisher Kadyrov, a member of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis and leader of the “Milliy Tiklanish” (National Revival) party, believes that the harshest punishment should be applied to those who intentionally kill people, particularly child killers and individuals who commit sexual crimes against minors. The lawmaker criticized the fact that under the international legal system, the rights of even those convicted of serious crimes are protected.

According to Kadyrov, criminals in this category pose a permanent threat to society, and long-term imprisonment does not rehabilitate them; instead, it increases the risk of them committing new serious crimes in the future.

“If our pedophile also asks for certain conditions, we will be forced to provide them, because the international law we follow considers him a human being, not a dead person!” Kadyrov wrote.

Earlier, it was reported that a warehouse manager at a kindergarten in Namangan Region had raped a five-year-old girl. A criminal case was opened over the incident, and the man who allegedly committed the crime was detained.

Following the incident, inspections of employees at kindergartens across Uzbekistan began. The Ministry of Preschool and School Education established a working group to thoroughly investigate the situation and review whether the officials responsible were fit to perform their duties.

The Children’s Ombudsman submitted a formal recommendation to the Ministry of Preschool and School Education regarding the incident. The investigation was personally placed under the supervision of Prosecutor General Nigmatilla Yuldoshev.

Meanwhile, Saida Mirziyoyeva, Head of the Presidential Administration, called for the warehouse manager who raped the five-year-old girl to receive the maximum possible punishment. Shakhnoza Mirziyoyeva, First Deputy Director of the National Agency for Social Protection, said that the girl’s family would move to another city.

The death penalty was officially abolished in Uzbekistan on January 1, 2008. It was replaced by life imprisonment as an exceptional form of punishment. However, following the incident in Namangan, politicians and members of the public are once again raising the issue of reviewing punishments for sexual crimes against children.