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 […]
During and after the January events, more than 10,000 people were detained in various regions of the country. Such figures are contained in an analytical report on the observance of the rights of persons detained during and after the January events of 2022, at the stage of pre-trial investigation, prepared by the Kazakhstan International Bureau […]
The National Security Committee, together with employees of the internal security of the Supreme Court, was convicted of bribery by the chairman of the Judicial Collegium for Administrative Cases of the Kostanay Regional Court, Askar Darbaev. As it turned out, Judge Darbaev demanded about $40,000 from one of the parties in the process for a […]
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan published on its website a list of citizens who died during the January riots. The list consists of 238 surnames. As noted in the supervisory authority, the list includes both innocent citizens and criminals. “We are looking into every detail. To date, the circumstances of the death have been […]
The chief auditor of the Zhambyl region, the chairman of the audit commission, Zhanatbek Dzhaparov, was sentenced to pay a fine of $100,000. Dzhaparov was arrested in May of this year on suspicion of accepting a $7,000 bribe from a local businessman for a positive audit decision. The investigation of the case was carried out […]
Another scandal in the human rights sphere of Kazakhstan. Members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for the North Kazakhstan Region (NKR) voluntarily resigned in protest against their leader Marina Nistoliy. As Alexander Danchev, a member of the NPM in the North Kazakhstan region, said on his page on social networks, the reason for leaving […]
The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations Against Torture demanded from the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to eradicate torture as a fact. In its open appeal, the NGO Coalition Against Torture calls on the head of state to show political will and contribute to developing a comprehensive strategy to combat torture and ill-treatment. According to the […]
The national holding Zerde, which was supposed to be reformed, was decided to be liquidated. On August 5, the Government of Kazakhstan adopted a corresponding resolution. National holding “Zerde” was established in July 2008 in order to promote the development of the info-communication technologies market and the implementation of breakthrough projects, the formation of a […]
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