Another scandal in the human rights sphere of Kazakhstan. Members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for the North Kazakhstan Region (NKR) voluntarily resigned in protest against their leader Marina Nistoliy. As Alexander Danchev, a member of the NPM in the North Kazakhstan region, said on his page on social networks, the reason for leaving […]
The Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations Against Torture demanded from the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to eradicate torture as a fact. In its open appeal, the NGO Coalition Against Torture calls on the head of state to show political will and contribute to developing a comprehensive strategy to combat torture and ill-treatment. According to the […]
The man turned to the human rights activists from “United World (Bir Duino)” for help in bringing to justice those who beat his son. According to a resident of the city of Osh, this summer his son and his friend were detained on suspicion of hooliganism and robbery. They were taken to the police station, […]
Two suicide attempts by prisoners in colony No. 49 (Almalyk, Tashkent region) were recorded by human rights activists from the initiative groups of Klara Sakharova and Tatyana Dovlatova. Khodjiakbar Sultanboev opened his veins on August 6, he was quickly bandaged and sent to a punishment cell. Already there, on August 9, he tried to hang […]
The criminal case against Sayat Adilbekuly, who was shot during the January protests and then tortured, was dropped by the prosecutor’s office in Almaty. Sayat Adilbekuly himself announced this joyful event on his Instagram page. Thanks for the freedom! I want to thank everyone who participated in my defense, who helped and supported me and […]
Raimbek Serikov, a prisoner serving a sentence in the maximum security colony RU-170/3 in the city of Uralsk, pierced his stomach with a nail after being beaten by a prison officer. According to the director of the West Kazakhstan branch of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights (KIBHR) Pavel Kochetkov, who, together with the […]
The story about the attempted suicide of a prisoner in colony No. 7 in Tavaksay (Tashkent region) was replenished with another episode. As human rights activists found out, a certain Timur also decided to commit suicide along with Alisher Yakubov. On July 25, fleeing from persecution by the head of the colony, Sharafutdin Usmanov, they […]
In the Ural City Court of the West Kazakhstan region, a trial is underway in the case of four former employees of the pre-trial detention center in the city of Uralsk – Serzhan Utegenov, Samarkhan Saltaev, Darkhan Baitoriev and Alpamys Kenzhesh, accused of using torture against prisoners. As follows from the materials of the case, […]
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan was unable to establish during the investigation the circle of persons involved in the torture of the Kyrgyz jazzman Vikram Ruzakhunov. In order to still identify the perpetrators, the supervisory authority invited the musician to Kazakhstan, promising to provide him with protection. Recall, as ACCA has already reported, Vikram […]
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