Kazakhstani journalists, human rights defenders, and civil activists have launched a campaign to collect signatures under an appeal to the president and parliament of the country, in which they call to abandon the adoption of amendments to the legislation that would limit the work of foreign Internet resources, social networks, and messengers. The text of […]
Microfinance organizations of the country will have access to the full data of drug addicts in Kazakhstan. In addition, the police will have the right to check drug addicts if they turn to pawn shops more than two times within a month. These and other measures are spelled out in the draft of a new […]
Laws designed to combat terrorism and extremism in Kazakhstan are used not for their intended purpose but to suppress civil society and hold dozens of political prisoners in custody. These findings are contained in the report “Protecting Defenders 2021: How to Improve the Infrastructure for Assisting Human Rights Defenders at Risk”. The report was published […]
In the coming days, a meeting of the Expert council of human rights defenders will be held in Kazakhstan. It will once again revise and supplement the list of political prisoners of the country, which currently includes about twenty people. ACCA was informed about this by one of the members of the Expert council – […]
The government of Kazakhstan approved the plan of priority measures in the field of human rights, demonstrating an unprecedented speed of decision-making and a complete lack of coordination of actions. Let us briefly recall the chronology of events. On June 9, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree to approve the Plan of priority measures in the […]
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed the government to develop a plan of priority measures in the field of human rights. According to the Presidential decree signed the other day, the government of the country should develop a plan to improve the mechanisms of interaction with the UN treaty bodies and special procedures of the […]
The journalistic community of Kazakhstan sent an open appeal to the head of state, Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev, in which the Ministry of Information and Social Development was accused of secretly developing a draft of a new law on mass media. “We are concerned that the development of the draft law, which will regulate the activities of […]
The pre-trial investigation authorities don’t pay due attention to the issues of proving the guilt of the suspect before bringing him/her to justice. As a result of this negligence, more than two thousand citizens have been illegally detained over the past six years. Such a verdict is contained in the Concept to the draft “On […]
The Kazakhstan International Fund for the Defense of Freedom of Expression “Adil Soz” has sent an official appeal to the Minister of Information and Social Development Aida Balaeva with a request to inform whether Kazakhstan is working on a new law on the media. Adil Soz recalls that in November 2017, the then Minister of […]
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