On September 16, the activist from Karakalpakstan Raisa Khudaibergenova was detained in the suburbs of Almaty. According to Vitaly Ponomarev (an expert at the Human Rights Center “Memorial”), the activist was detained by three people in civilian clothes. One of them introduced himself as Lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Aidos Rasulov, […]
On September 13, unknown people detained Karakalpak activists. This was reported by the Information center “Shirak”, based outside of Uzbekistan. Several men in civilian clothes are said to have taken Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov, leader of the Azatlyk Party of Karakalpakstan, out of a rented apartment in Almaty. “We don’t know the location of Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov. Activists […]
The former security officer, who criticized the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security, was sent to jail for a period of 7 years. Mamadsulton Mavlonazarov worked in the National Security agencies for 25 years. Prior to that, he worked in the youth newspaper “Komsomol Tochikiston” [“Member of the Komsomol of Tajikistan]. After his […]
Trials in the case of participants in the January trials have ended in the East Kazakhstan region. 11 residents of Ust-Kamenogorsk got off with suspended sentences for participating in mass riots and illegal possession of drugs. 4 of them received three years of probation, 7 more received 4 years of probation. But the 12th defendant […]
One of the founders of the Islamic Renaissance Party (banned in Tajikistan), 80-year-old Zubaydullo Rozik, who has been serving a 25-year sentence since 2016, was again placed in a punishment cell. The administration of the prison in Vakhdat punished him for violating the regime of detention in the colony and sent him to a punishment […]
Another civil activist from the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast was detained in Moscow. According to people close to Mamadbek Atobekov, two employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan came to his house together with a squad of local police. “Most likely, Mamadbek, like Oraz and Ramzi (the Vazirbekov brothers were illegally taken from Russia […]
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev believes that it’s necessary to show humanism and forgive the participants in the protests that took place in January 2022 in some large cities of the republic. The head of state stated this in his annual message to the people of the country. According to Tokayev, the days of ‘Tragic […]
After an inspection organized by the competent authorities with the participation of representatives of the Committee for Religious Affairs, about ten small shops selling religious goods and literature near the central mosque in Dushanbe were closed. One of the employees of the Department of Religious Associations under the Committee for Religious Affairs said that they […]
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 […]
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