27.09.2022
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Kazakhstan: convict reports about extortion and torture

Askhat Turlybekov, a 31-year-old resident of Taraz, an entrepreneur and public figure, who was sentenced to six years in prison in March 2021, recorded a video message in which he spoke about torture and extortion by police officers, lawyers, prosecutors, and judges. “I have been in prison for more than one year and four months,” […]

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Kazakhstan: court restricts freedom of activist beaten by police

In Aktobe, the appellate instance upheld the verdict against civil activist Roman Reichert, who was sentenced to two years of restriction of liberty on charges of insulting a government official. For a resident of the Aktobe region, Roman Reichert, this is not the first acquaintance with the injustice of the judicial system of Kazakhstan. In […]

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Kazakhstan: President was accused of trying to legalize corruption of officials

The citizens of Kazakhstan accused the country’s President, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, of seeking to legalize corruption among officials. Such conclusions are contained in an open appeal addressed to the head of state.  The reason for the appeal was the words of President Tokayev, said by him on June 23 at the meeting concerning the elections of […]

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Kazakhstan: human rights defenders demand to stop discrimination against feminists

The Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights (KIBHR) has made an official statement to the authorities of Kazakhstan with a demand to stop discrimination against feminists. As noted in the statement, the reason for this appeal was the attacks on the participants of the events of Feminita fem-initiative that took place in the country in […]

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Kazakhstan: activist beaten by policemen cut her veins

Civil activist, human rights defender of the movement “Femina Vertute” Ulbolsyn Turdieva from Aktau was detained by the police. About five people took part in the detention of the activist – two in police uniform and three in civilian uniform. At the time of her arrest, Turdieva went live. The video shows how she, running […]

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Kazakhstan: activist was placed in a psychiatric hospital after the rally

The fate of three activists of the unregistered opposition Democratic party, who disappeared after the rally in Almaty, has become known. On July 6, on the birthday of the first President of Kazakhstan, the leader of the nation, Nursultan Nazarbayev, an unauthorized rally of the unregistered opposition Democratic party took place in Almaty. The protesters […]

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Kazakhstan: protesters were beaten in Almaty on Nazarbayev’s birthday

On July 6, Kazakhstan officially celebrated a public holiday – the Day of the capital, and unofficially – the birthday of the first President of the country, leader of the nation Nursultan Nazarbayev. It has already become a tradition on the part of various opposition structures to organize rallies on this very day. And on […]

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Kazakhstan: vaccine opponents demand the resignation of government

A protest action against compulsory vaccination took place in Kostanay. According to eyewitnesses, about two hundred people attended the rally. The protesters demanded a ban on compulsory vaccination against coronavirus and free PCR testing. Some protesters demanded the resignation of the government, which violates the constitutional rights of citizens. It should be noted that there […]

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Kazakhstan: political activists are sent to prison as extremists

The authorities of Kazakhstan continue to actively add to the list of political prisoners, despite loud assurances from the President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev that the country is on the path of democratic reforms. On June 21, a civil activist from the city of Nur-Sultan Askar Kayirbek was sentenced to a year and a half. He was […]

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