Kyrgyzstan outlaws cremation under sweeping burial law

Kyrgyzstan has officially banned the cremation of human remains after President Sadyr Japarov signed amendments to the country's law on burial.

Under the revised legislation, cremation will be permitted only for human organs and tissues remaining after medical procedures, which are classified as biological medical waste. The law explicitly prohibits the cremation of deceased persons, as well as aborted or stillborn fetuses, Caliber.Az reports, citing Kyrgyz media.

The amendments also stipulate that unidentified and unclaimed bodies may only be buried in the ground, effectively ruling out cremation in such cases.

In addition, the law defines crematoria as specialized facilities intended solely for the sanitary disposal of biological medical waste. The legislation allows such facilities to be constructed using either state funding or private investment.

By Vafa Guliyeva