06.02.2023
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In Kazakhstan, police officers, convicted of torture, were acquitted

Four police officers from Aktobe, convicted in September for torturing a detainee for lengthy prison sentences, were fully acquitted. Recall, as ACCA reported, on September 9, the trial was held in Aktobe in the case of the deputy head of the police department No.4 of Almaty region of Aktobe, Ruslan Esanov, and three detectives: captain […]

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International organizations defend blogger from Uzbekistan

Amnesty International has launched a campaign to release Nafosat Ollashukurova, a blogger from Uzbekistan, who has been forcibly detained in a neuropsychiatric clinic since late September. Mass petitions of activists and supporters of the international human rights organization is expected to the President Shavkat Mirziyoev demanding the cessation of forced treatment. On October 4, a […]

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President of Kazakhstan called Almaty a corruption city

The business and financial center of Kazakhstan (the city of Almaty) lags behind a number of other regions in many aspects, including corruption. This statement was made today by Kazakh President Kasym-Zhomart Tokaev at the meeting on the development of Almaty. According to Tokaev, the role of Almaty in the life of the country is […]

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In Kazakhstan, another official is suspected of corruption

According to the version of the Anti-Corruption Department of Kazakhstan, almost $40 thousand was received as bribes by the head of the Department of culture, archives and documentation of Akmola region from a local entrepreneur. As noted in the message of the Anti-Corruption Agency, the official received bribes regularly for six months (from May to […]

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In Kyrgyzstan, police investigator was detained for extortion

A citizen asked the Internal Investigation Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic to take measures against a police officer who extorted money from her for a positive solution to the issue of pre-trial proceedings. Employees of the Internal Investigation Service, with the participation of the Financial Police investigator, carried out operational […]

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In Kyrgyzstan, religious campaigning on the streets is going to be banned

Deputies of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic are again considering the draft law On amending the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On freedom of religion and religious organizations in the Kyrgyz Republic”, initiated by the government of the Republic. During the discussion, the deputies raised a wide range of issues related to the formation […]

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In Kyrgyzstan, the court delayed the consideration of a criminal case for eight months

The Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan, Tokon Mamytov, was approached by a man who complained about the delay in the trial of the Oktyabrsky District court of Bishkek by the judge, where he is being held as a defendant in a criminal case. When studying the complaint, it became known that the trial began on February 19, […]

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In Kazakhstan, police officers were accused of beating a handicapped girl

Another scandal over the abuse of the detainee flares up in Kazakhstan. Aktau resident Natalya Murashova accused traffic police officers of Nur-Sultan of beating her handicapped daughter Anastasia Murashova. The video of the woman’s appeal was posted by the Republican Public Association “Uran”. “My daughter Anastasia is a handicapped person of the first group since […]

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Tajik media organizations stood up for the radio “Svoboda”

For 6 months now, 5 employees of the Tajik service of radio “Svoboda” have been denied accreditation. Tajik media organizations called on the authorities to resolve this issue. Earlier, the US Congress expressed its concern about this. We publish the text of the statement in full.  “The National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan and […]

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