Articles – ACCA

Kazakhstan: Anti-corruption activists initiate to shame corrupt officials

ACCA — Thu, 26 May 2022 09:42:19 +0000

The Anti-Corruption Agency has developed a new package of measures to combat bribery. Among them are the creation of a public register of corrupt officials, the introduction of criminal liability for promising/offering a bribe, an increase in the statute of limitations for corrupt administrative offenses, and the introduction of liability for bribing foreign officials. On […]

Сообщение Kazakhstan: Anti-corruption activists initiate to shame corrupt officials появились сначала на ACCA.

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities use punitive measures against journalists

ACCA — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:00:57 +0000

The Public Foundation “Media Policy Institute” (MPI) published the results of monitoring the situation with freedom of speech in Kyrgyzstan from October 2020 to March 2022. The document states that the reporting period covers significant events affecting freedom of speech and expression of opinion in the country, the situation in the media environment of the […]

Сообщение Kyrgyzstan: Authorities use punitive measures against journalists появились сначала на ACCA.

Kazakhstan: Brother of ex-head of the National Security Committee was put on wanted list for bribe

ACCA — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 08:24:19 +0000

In Kazakhstan, former police chief of Pavlodar region Nurlan Masimov has been put on the wanted list. And the police of Almaty detained a deputy of the local representative body, Kairat Kudaibergen. Nurlan Masimov is the cousin of the former chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov. As ACCA has already reported, […]

Сообщение Kazakhstan: Brother of ex-head of the National Security Committee was put on wanted list for bribe появились сначала на ACCA.

Kyrgyzstan: Woman, convicted of possessing extremist material, files complaint with UN Committee on Women’s Rights

ACCA — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 08:17:21 +0000

The public association “Human Rights Movement: Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan” (One World – Kyrgyzstan) announced that it had filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee to protect the rights of the Kyrgyz woman who was accused of possessing extremist materials. It’s noted that the complaint was filed 4.5 years after the incident that occurred on […]

Сообщение Kyrgyzstan: Woman, convicted of possessing extremist material, files complaint with UN Committee on Women’s Rights появились сначала на ACCA.

Kazakhstan: New Human Rights Action Plan was developed

ACCA — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 08:14:30 +0000

The Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan has developed a new Plan for further action in the field of human rights and the rule of law. The draft Plan has been posted for public comment on the open regulations portal. As stated in the explanatory note to the document, the new Plan was developed in accordance […]

Сообщение Kazakhstan: New Human Rights Action Plan was developed появились сначала на ACCA.

Amnesty International: Suppression of opponents and torture continues in Tajikistan

ACCA — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 04:58:43 +0000

The international human rights organization Amnesty International on March 29 published a new report on the situation of human rights in the world “Amnesty International 2021/22: the human rights situation in the world”. The authors of the report sharply criticized the governments of many countries, including Tajikistan, due to the lack of response to the […]

Сообщение Amnesty International: Suppression of opponents and torture continues in Tajikistan появились сначала на ACCA.

Kyrgyzstan: Most cases of torture remain uninvestigated

ACCA — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:22:11 +0000

The UN Committee against Torture made concluding observations on the Third Periodic Report of Kyrgyzstan. The document outlines some positive developments in the field of human rights, in particular, the ratification of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities by the Kyrgyz Republic in 2019. At the same time, a significant part of […]

Сообщение Kyrgyzstan: Most cases of torture remain uninvestigated появились сначала на ACCA.

Kazakhstan: National Security Committee obstructs investigation into January events

ACCA — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:03:34 +0000

Human rights activist Ayman Umarova appealed to the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, with a request to exclude employees of the National Security Committee from the interdepartmental investigative-operational group investigating the events of bloody January in Kazakhstan. She also asked that the cases pending in the NSC be withdrawn and transferred to another body, since […]

Сообщение Kazakhstan: National Security Committee obstructs investigation into January events появились сначала на ACCA.

Uzbekistan: Authorities pay for positive human rights publications

ACCA — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:35:45 +0000

The publication of an article in the Kuwaiti newspaper “Q8-Press” concerning the Development Strategy for 2022-2026 of the so-called New Uzbekistan caused a negative assessment in the activist community. The author of the publication is Akmal Saidov, First Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis [Senate]. He also holds the post of Director […]

Сообщение Uzbekistan: Authorities pay for positive human rights publications появились сначала на ACCA.

Kazakhstan: New details of torture of participants in the January events

ACCA — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:58:11 +0000

Details of the torture of Zhasulan Amangeldinov, who was detained after the January riots in Almaty, became known. As ACCA has already reported, Sayat Adilbekuly, who received a gunshot wound during the riots and was taken by the special services barefoot and undressed from the hospital and thrown into pre-trial detention center LA-155/18, spoke about […]

Сообщение Kazakhstan: New details of torture of participants in the January events появились сначала на ACCA.