January 10, 2013 – Freedom House made a lot of efforts to combat torture since 2002, when the Kirgyzstani authorities denied the existence of torture cases and pointed human rights organizations acts as simple manipulation to get grants. However, one year later, after those accusations, the Ministry of Interior said that the conditions of detention in Kyrgyzstan constitute torture by themselves. The Kyrgyzstani government took different measures and also different non-profit organizations started investigations about the conditions of prisoners and the torture cases. Nevertheless, nine years after, the Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez, noted the torture practices in Kyrgyzstan were still happening and urged international aid to combat torture, because of the levels of violations of human rights. The creation of the National Center for Prevention of Torture and the Memorandum of Understanding from 2012 2012 mark a milestone in Kyrgyzstan‚ efforts to prevent torture.