President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev accepted the resignation of the mayor of the Turkestan region Umirzak Shukeyev, whose direct subordinate was convicted of taking a bribe. We are talking about the former mayor of the city of Kentau Dauren Makazhanov. Recall, as ACCA has already reported, Makazhanov was detained in February of this year on […]
Employees of the Anti-Corruption Agency detained Berik Aigeldin, the head of the Severo-Kazakhstan regional branch of the Enbek state enterprise, red-handed while receiving a bribe. According to the press service of the Agency, Aigeldin received a bribe from an individual entrepreneur for the unimpeded signing of acts of acceptance and transfer of food products for […]
An inter-ministerial group investigating the January events in Kazakhstan intimidates arrested rioters into testifying against opposition politician Zhanbolat Mamai, leader of the unregistered Democratic Party, who is now also under arrest on suspicion of organizing “mass riots” and “disseminating knowingly false information” during the January riots. This information was disseminated by the Arash Committee, which […]
On September 7, the Saryagash District Court will begin considering another lawsuit against the well-known opposition journalist Amangeldy Batyrbekov on libel charges and damage to the honor and dignity of business reputation. An application to the court against the journalist was filed by the longtime heroine of his publications, who had already met with him […]
The Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan continues to work to return to the country the money stolen by the relatives of the first President Nursultan Nazarbayev, including his nephew, businessman Kairat Satybaldy. According to the department, a pre-trial investigation against Kairat Satybaldy and other persons on the facts of embezzlement of funds of the national telecom […]
Employees of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan have completed the investigation of the criminal case against their former leader. Former chairman of the NSC Karim Masimov and his former deputy, head of the Special Purpose Service “A” Anuar Sadykulov are accused of high treason, attempted to seize power by force, and abuse of power. […]
Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organization, called on the Tajik authorities to stop the practice of illegal detentions and unfair trials of residents of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, where peaceful rallies were suppressed in May this year. HRW’s August 23 statement on the situation in GBAO stated: “The Tajik authorities must put an […]
The Kazakhstan Anti-Corruption Agency reported another high-profile corruption crime, the defendants of which are former officials of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the city of Almaty. “The Anti-Corruption Service in Almaty found that the ex-head of the Sports Department of Almaty and his subordinates, by prior agreement with the director of a […]
A protest was held in the capital of Kazakhstan near the building of the EU embassy. Relatives of those detained and tortured, as well as relatives of those who died during the January riots, called on European politicians to demand that the Kazakh authorities conduct an independent international investigation into the January events. The reason […]
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