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 […]
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 […]
For eight days, the head of the temporary detention center in Zaamin district of Jizakh region beat and raped the woman under investigation. Having launched an investigation into the initiated criminal case, the local Prosecutor’s Office is trying to ignore the facts of sexual violence and is conducting an investigation under Article 205 (“Abuse of […]
The Sverdlovsk District Court of Bishkek upheld the complaint of the lawyer Aydar Sydykov against the decision of the investigator of the State Service for the Execution of Punishments to terminate the criminal case on the death of human rights defender Azimzhan Askarov, thus recognizing the decision of the investigator as illegal and unfounded. This […]
The Sverdlovsk District Court of Bishkek upheld the complaint of the lawyer Aydar Sydykov against the decision of the investigator of the State Service for the Execution of Punishments to terminate the criminal case on the death of human rights defender Azimzhan Askarov, thus recognizing the decision of the investigator as illegal and unfounded. This […]
On August 26, activist Sagandyk Nurimbetov from Karakalpak disappeared from a clinic in Tashkent, where he wanted to undergo a 10-day course of treatment. Staff of the medical facility assured human rights activists that he left the building to visit his relatives and disappeared. After the leader of the initiative group “Human Rights Alliance of […]
The suspect in the double murder said that he had made a confession under torture. The National Center for the Prevention of Torture in the city of Bishkek and Chui region received a statement from a man who said that his minor son, born in 2005, was tortured after being detained by police officers of […]
The head of the Human Rights Association of Uzbekistan “Ezgulik” Abdurahmon Tashanov made public the suicide attempt of a 19-year-old prisoner. The Prosecutor General’s Office promptly responded with the information of a pre-investigation check carried out by the Special Prosecutor’s Office of Karshi city, while clarifying that “the information about the initiation of a case […]
President Sadyr Zhaparov has signed the controversial law of the deputy Gulshat Asylbaeva “On protection from doubtful (false) information”. This was reported by the press service of the head of state. The message says that the Constitution guarantees the right of everyone to the protection of honor and dignity, and by the signed law, the […]
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