A 62-year-old resident of Aravan district of Osh region turned to human rights activists. She claimed that her son had been beaten by National Security officers. According to her, when her 31-year-old son was at the market in Aravan near the building of the Tax Inspectorate, several men approached him and beat him for no […]
On September 16, the activist from Karakalpakstan Raisa Khudaibergenova was detained in the suburbs of Almaty. According to Vitaly Ponomarev (an expert at the Human Rights Center “Memorial”), the activist was detained by three people in civilian clothes. One of them introduced himself as Lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Aidos Rasulov, […]
In Chimkent, the trial of the former head of the Local Police Service (LPS) of the city, Mukhtar Bukharbaev, who is accused of abuse of power, has ended. As ACCA has already reported, Mukhtar Bukharbaev was detained in April this year on suspicion of fraud using his official position. Moreover, a criminal case against a […]
On September 13, unknown people detained Karakalpak activists. This was reported by the Information center “Shirak”, based outside of Uzbekistan. Several men in civilian clothes are said to have taken Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov, leader of the Azatlyk Party of Karakalpakstan, out of a rented apartment in Almaty. “We don’t know the location of Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov. Activists […]
According to ACCA sources, exactions from prisoners have been going on for two weeks in the colonies of Lebap region. Colonial officers demand money for entering the name of the prisoner in the list of those pardoned. The amounts are exorbitant and not every prisoner can afford it. The minimum rate is from 50,000 manats […]
The former security officer, who criticized the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security, was sent to jail for a period of 7 years. Mamadsulton Mavlonazarov worked in the National Security agencies for 25 years. Prior to that, he worked in the youth newspaper “Komsomol Tochikiston” [“Member of the Komsomol of Tajikistan]. After his […]
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan detained the former external manager of Kumtor Gold Company. Tengiz Bolturuk was detained by the Military Prosecutor’s Office on the fact of previously announced criminal cases. “The Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Kyrgyz Republic, within the framework of initiated criminal cases on the fact of […]
As a result of offenses committed by individual employees of the Ministry of Energy, the state suffered damage in the amount of $269,170 (22 million KGS). In criminal cases, the total damage is $10,876,946 (889 million KGS). This is reported by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic. The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic, […]
Trials in the case of participants in the January trials have ended in the East Kazakhstan region. 11 residents of Ust-Kamenogorsk got off with suspended sentences for participating in mass riots and illegal possession of drugs. 4 of them received three years of probation, 7 more received 4 years of probation. But the 12th defendant […]
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