About 700 complaints of torture and violence are registered in Kazakhstan every year. In 2020, 63 criminal offenses were registered and 13 people were convicted under the article Torture. Such data are contained in the consolidated report of the participants of the National Preventive Mechanism based on the results of preventive visits carried out in […]
37.8% of Kazakhstani children are aware that they have rights. Moreover, more than half of the survey participants (57%) know that they have some rights, but do not know which ones. Such data are contained in the draft of the fifth and sixth consolidated periodic report on the implementation by the Republic of Kazakhstan of […]
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,” […]
According to the complaints of the imprisoned citizen of Tajikistan Mirmahmad Kurbonov against the employees of the colony with charges of bullying and torture, three criminal cases were initiated, but none of the perpetrators was punished. Mirmahmad Kurbonov, although he is a citizen of Tajikistan, has been living in Kazakhstan for a long time. In […]
The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, signed a decree pardoning Natalya Slekishina, who was raped by the warden of the pre-trial detention center ЛA-155/18 Ruslan Khakimov. Elvira Azimova, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Kazakhstan, explained that the act of pardon against Slekishina is the state’s recognition of the fact of violence. As previously reported […]
In the strict regime colony ГМ-172/6, located in the city of Aktau (Mangistau region), a two-story barrack for convicts collapsed. As a result of the emergency, three prisoners died, eight more were injured. The partial collapse of the barracks occurred on July 19. According to the Department of the Penitentiary System of Mangistau region, there […]
In Almaty, unidentified people in cits detained activists of the unregistered Democratic Party Abzal Dostiyarov and Alimzhan Izbasarov. This was announced by the leader of the Democratic Party Zhanbolat Mamay. According to the lawyer Zhanar Balgabayeva, she became aware of Abzal’s detention at about 4 pm on July 14. However, it wasn’t immediately possible to […]
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 Committee of the Penitentiary System of Kazakhstan intends to equip all correctional institutions with digital video cameras by 2023. According to Bibigul Munaitpasova, the head of the Department of the Committee of the Penitentiary System, about 33 thousand video cameras will be needed in order to provide full video control in Kazakhstan’s prisons. Munaitpasova […]
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