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On February 7, 2023, at 10:00 (Atyrau time), an offline court of appeal will be held in the #Atyrau Regional Court in a politically motivated criminal case regarding:
@hrw @amnesty @omctorg
@freedomhouse
#ActivistsNotExtremists
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We invite everyone to come to the court as observers.
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On December 19, 2022, Bekizhan #Mendygaziev was sentenced to 5 years and 1 month in prison, with life deprivation of the right to hold leadership positions in commercial organizations, with confiscation of property.
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The term of imprisonment is counted from June 3, 2021 (1 day for one and a half).
Baurzhan #Dzhusupov was sentenced to 5 years in prison (previously, on July 26, 2021, Baurzhan Dzhusupov was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison).
@OSCE
@RepMalinowski @IJoveva @AgnesEvren
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The authorities took Bekizhan #Mendygaziev and Baurzhan #Dzhusupov hostage in order to put pressure on his brother, Barlyk Mendygaziev, to force Barlyk #Mendygaziev to stop his human rights and opposition activities.
@LeopoldoLopezG @Kympouropoulos @JaninaOchojska
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The #EuropeanParliament in its resolution on #Kazakhstan dated February 20, 2022, #PACE deputies in their declaration dated June 27, 2022, Senator Ben #Cardin from the #UnitedStates and Deputy from #Canada Tom #Kmeek called on the authorities of Kazakhstan
@NachoSAmor
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called for the release of Baurzhan Dzhusupov.
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On the eve of the dialogue on #humanrights between the #EU and Kazakhstan, the visit of Majilis #deputies to #Brussels to meet with #European deputies,
@giannibuquicch1 @CommissionerHR @PACE_President
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to release Bekizhan Mendygaziev. The #EuropeanParliament also as well as the arrival of observers from the #OSCE in Kazakhstan, the trial in the case of Bekizhan Mendygaziev will be indicative: there is no "new Kazakhstan". There is the old repressive Kazakhstan.
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We call on the #US, #EU, #UK and #Canadian embassies to demand that the #Kazakh authorities release Bekizhan #Mendygaziev and Baurzhan #Dzhusupov.
#Kazakhstanprotests
#Magnitsky #NoToCooruption
#IACD2021 #torture
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#PersonalSanctions for
N. #Nazarbaev &
K. #Massimov
T. #Kulibayev
D. #Nazarbayeva
S. #Abish
K. #Satybaldy
E. #Turgumbayev
G. #Nurdauletov
M. #Bektanov
K. #Tokayev
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