President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev addressed a message to the people of the republic, in which he spoke about the causes and consequences of the tragic January events. Among other things, the head of state confirmed that the policemen of the country used torture against the detained rioters. “About two thousand people were detained for […]
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 She also asked that the cases pending in the NSC be withdrawn and transferred to another body, since […]
The Anti-Corruption Agency detained Kairat Satybaldy, the nephew of the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. As noted in the message, Satybaldy is suspected of abuse of office and embezzlement of funds of the national telecom operator, Kazakhtelecom joint-stock company, on an especially large scale. “The involvement of Satybaldy in other crimes that undermine the […]
For the first time since the arrest of its head Karim Masimov, the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan has provided some details of the investigation. As ACCA has already reported, the Chairman of the NSC, Karim Masimov, was arrested on January 8 on suspicion of high treason. After the end of the January riots, personnel […]
The Center for Investigation of the January events in Kazakhstan is collecting documents and evidence from detainees and relatives who were killed during the January rallies. Members of the Center, headed by Zhasaral Kuanyshalin, travel to the cities where the riots took place and meet with eyewitnesses of those events and victims. According to Kuanyshalin, […]
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kazakhstan caught the Ministry of Internal Affairs lying; it repeatedly and categorically denied the use of torture on detainees after the January events. Rizabek Ozharov, head of the Special Prosecutor Service under the Prosecutor General’s Office, said that cases of torture of persons under investigation were transferred to a specially […]
The information that law enforcement officers use physical force against the detainees comes not only from civil activists and public figures, but also from representatives of the legal community. For example, Adilkhan Bedenbaev, a lawyer from the Bar Association of Kyzylorda region, was severely beaten by local police for being a lawyer. This case was […]
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 […]
On February 13, a rally dedicated to 40 days of the January tragedy was held in Almaty. Several hundred mourners gathered in the central square of the city; according to various estimates, from 300 to 600 people. Some demanded that those responsible for torturing fellow citizens detained during the riots be punished. Others stated that […]
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