All convicted paedophiles’ names, pictures and addresses are publicly released in Kazakhstan, prompting fears of vigilante attacks
- Victims ages and details of the crimes of 234 paedophile's are also now public
- Parents can use the map and database to check if there is a paedophile nearby
- Some have criticised the naming and shaming, saying it could lead to vigilantism
- Kazakhstan introduced tough new laws like chemical castration for paedophiles
A country that chemically castrates paedophiles has gone one step further by publishing pictures, names and addresses of all convicted child sex attackers after their release from jail.
Kazakhstan also mentions the age of the victim in these publications, in a move intended to shame the criminals and protect children from future attacks.
A web map and data from the country's general prosecutor's office shows the location of 234 'potentially dangerous paedophiles' after their release.
It is officially called 'Map of individuals convicted for committing crimes against the sexual integrity of the underaged'.
Ex-Soviet state Kazakhstan has created a database featuring the names, photos and addresses of convicted paedophiles who have been released from jail. Vadim Strelkov (above) is just one of the men included in the database since he was released after serving 10 years in a penal colony for the rape of a 12 year old when he was 18
Igor Trusov (above) is another of the convicted paedophiles named and shamed by the Kazakh government. He was convicted of sexually abusing an eight year old
A linked database gives details of these child sex attackers now living in the community - including a gruesome gallery of their pictures.
The aim is to allow parents to check if a convicted paedophile is living nearby.
Some 1,600 convicted paedophiles are serving jail sentences in Kazakhstan, official figures show.
Since 2018 the country has carried out chemical castration on 11 newly convicted child sex abuses, with injections intended to continue for life.
The moves have seen the ex-Soviet republic gain a reputation as one of the toughest countries for punishing such criminals.
A government website from the Committee on Legal Statistics states: 'In recent years, the problem of sexual violence has sharply exacerbated.
'The facts of such violence against children are especially terrible.
'The reasons and conditions are caused by a number of problems of a moral and legal nature.
'In this regard, the state has taken measures to reduce this type of crime.'
Timur Musin (above) served 12 years for abusing a two year old. Parents will be able to see his information - along with that of 234 other paedophiles who have been released from jail - in order to check if a convicted paedophile is living nearby
Sergei Sheychyuk (above), 58, was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl. Details of the offenders gruesome crimes and the ages of their victims are also included in the database in an attempt to shame the criminal and protect others from future attacks
Among those on the list of shame are Talgat Bokhayev, 59, who sexually abused children aged six and seven, leading to a four-year sentence.
He was released from jail in 2018.
Vadim Strelkov, 31 - now married - served ten years in a strictly regimented penal colony for a sex attack on a 12 year old when he was 18.
Igor Trusov, 60, sexually abused an eight year old, and was released in 2018 after a seven year sentence.
Timur Musin, 32, served a dozen years in jail, for abusing a two year old.
While Sergei Shevchyuk, 58, was jailed for a decade for raping a girl, 12 and Turegaz Tekebayev, now 34, molested a five year old when he was 18.
The oldest on the list is Aldamzhar Abdilov, 79, who two years ago was convicted of abusing a child, five.
He was not jailed but banned for five years from leaving his home area.
Aldamzhar Abdilov (above) is the oldest convicted paedophile on the government's list at 79. Two years ago he was convicted of abusing a five-year-old girl and served no jail time, instead being banned from leaving his home area for five years
Another recently released sex offender was Akhado Akhmetov, 45, who raped a nine-year-old girl.
But one man has been removed from the list after denying that he was ever convicted of gang rape, which the database stated he had been.
The man, named Kenzhebek, complained: 'I have a family, relatives, acquaintances.
'What will they say?
'My children are ashamed to look me into the eyes.
'I don't understand where this information came from.
'My photo and all the data are now publicly available on the Internet.'
Head of the Union of Crisis Centres in Kazakhstan, Zulfiya Baysakova, said the outing of paedophiles was not fair.
'There may be people who realised their guilt for a crime they once committed, served long terms in prison and are currently leading a normal family and working life,' she said.
While lawyer Ayman Umarova warned that those identified might face vigilante attacks.
'Aggressive action may be taken against 'paedophiles' by their neighbours.'
Another lawyer Rena Kerimova was also critical of the naming and shaming: 'These people have children, families, grandchildren.
'And now they are in this database.
'I believe it is a complex subject, it should have been thought through.
'People who are not repeat offenders should not have been included in the database,' Kerimova said.
Since 2018, Kazakhstan has had the power to chemically castrate convicted paedophiles as a dramatic punishment for their crimes and an attempt to prevent reoffending. Turegaz Tekebayev (above), now 34, molested a five year old when he was 18 and appears on the Kazakh government's list of convicted child molesters
Another recently released sex offender included in the database is Akhado Akhmetov (above), 45, who raped a nine-year-old girl. One man's name has been removed from the list after he claimed he had never been convicted of the crime mentioned in the
This week a convicted paedophile enduring a chemical castration injection said it left him 'aching so badly' he could hardly walk.
The unnamed convict was jailed for a decade and a half in Kazakhstan - where the legal age of consent is 16 - for raping an underage girl.
'It is incredibly difficult, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy,' said the rapist, after undergoing the first injection to reduce his libido.
'I am pleading for help, and I want to appeal to everyone so that chemical castration is cancelled.'
The man said he wanted to have a family when he is released from prison.
'I still hope to go back home, to continue my life,' he said.
'I want to have a family, I want to have children.
'My body is aching so badly after the injection that I struggle to walk, and it is scary.'
A convicted criminal receives an injection as part of the process of chemical castration at a prison in Kazakhstan. The practice is controversial but some believe it will help to stop reoffending
A nurse and grandmother tasked with castrating paedophiles in one Kazakh jail claims the West should also follow the ex-Soviet state's example.
Zoya Manaenko, 68, insists it is right that child sex attackers should face this ultimate punishment.
'These people need to be stopped somehow,' said Manaenko who works in a prison hospital.
'They commit terrible crimes against children. So it is right that the law allows this.'
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