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 […]
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 […]
The District Court of Suzak satisfied the claim of the acquitted woman for compensation for material damage in the amount of $975 (80,000 KGS) imposed as a result of the guilty verdict. On November 29, 2019, Takhmina was sentenced to seven and a half years for the murder of her own daughter, who was 2.5 […]
The authorities are intensively persuading publicly significant participants in the July protests, forcing them to repent and fully admit their guilt before the state. According to an ACCA source in Karakalpakstan, there has been moral pressure on their relatives for two months. “Until this succeeds, the propaganda campaign to release some of the protesters from […]
On September 6, another activist from Gorno-Badakhshan, Komyor Mirzoev, was detained in Moscow. According to the Internet portal Pamir Daily News, Mirzoev was active in his blog and wrote on social networks under the nickname Komchek Mirzoev. According to eyewitnesses, police officers entered the apartment in Moscow where the blogger lived with his friends and […]
Kyrgyzstan worsened its indicators on the Rule of Law Index, which is compiled annually by the international organization The World Justice Project (WJP). The Index ranks countries according to their achievements in creating an environment based on the existence of legislation that protects the rights of citizens. Based on the results for each indicator, a […]
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 […]
Cotton picking involves not only employees of budgetary organizations, but also secondary school students. This year, the cotton harvest started unofficially and well before the cotton harvest season. ACCA sources said that, as in the past year, the work is carried out using forced labor, even with the involvement of underage schoolchildren. So in Mary […]
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