1/9 10 March, 2022, Kazakhstan
The city of #Ust-Kamenogorsk
On January 6, 2022 #BERIKKANULY Yernar went on a peaceful protest in the city of Semey. There, he exercised his constitutional right to engage in peaceful assemblies ⤵️
2/9 and spoke out about social problems of citizens and about price inflation. On January 6, 2022 Yernar was arbitrarily detained and put in a pre-trial detention facility in Ust-Kamenogorsk. He was subjected to torture and beatings by employees
3/9 of the pre-trial detention facility. In his video message Yernar's father, #MUKANOV Berikkan reports about the facts of torture and beatings inflicted on his son and demands that the authorities drop the false charges against his son and release him immediately.#Zhanaozen2022
4/9 #MUKANOV Berikkan:
"I am #MUKANOV Berikkan. I am the father of #BERIKKANULY Yernar. He was born in 1996 in Semey. He is not married yet. He is the breadwinner in our family. We, his parents, are both retired.
5/9 My son was arrested on 6 January, 2022 in connection with his participation in January events. According to my son, he participated in the protest where he spoke out about high prices. He left the square at 08.30 pm and stayed at work until 09.10 pm.
6/9 He works in a cafe baking tandoori samosas- a small business he started with his friends. There are several witnesses who saw my son working at that time. On 6 of January, 2022 he was arrested
7/9 and since then he has been detained in a pre-trial detention facility in Ust-Kamenogorsk. He was beaten and tortured in the pre-trial detention facility - all of his body turned black and blue. Now he can't open one of his eyes. So far, I have visited him 3 to 4 times.
8/9 By now, all of his bruises have passed; they remained on him from 6 of January to 20 of February, 2022. When I visited, I saw him: he couldn’t open his eyes. I demand that the authorities drop the false charges against my son and release him."
1/7 TORTURED, BEATEN AND FORCED TO INCRIMINATE HIMSELF ON TV CHANNEL
Father of many children #MADIMBEK Yerkinbek was detained on 5 January, 2022 at about 11.00 pm in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk where he came to join a peaceful protest.
2/7 His wife #SEITKHAN Gulzhaniya reports that her husband was beaten from 5 to 7 January after his arrest and continued to be beaten in a pre-trial detention facility. For being an ethnic Kazakh migrant from China, he was beaten and called a traitor
3/7 and asked if he was familiar with Serikzhan #BILASH (an activist defending ethnic Kazakhs in China).
❗Moreover, Yerkinbek was forced to incriminate himself under torture on “Qazaqstan” national TV Channel.
3/8 Olzhas went on the peaceful protest exercising his constitutional right. There, he spoke in support of protesters in #Zhanaozen and spoke about rising prices and the absence of conditions for the development and employment of young people in #Kazakhstan.
1/7 10 March, 2022 City of #Semey
Civil activist and public defender Kerbez #YEGIMBAYEVA reports testimonies of her family members: her mother Anar #KALIYEVA and her brother Aziz #ZHOLATOV.
2/7 Civil activist Anar #KALIYEVA and her son Aziz #ZHOLATOV are charged with criminal cases under Articles 272, p.2 ("Participation in mass disorders") and 269 ("Seizure of buildings") for the alleged seizure of the Akimat (local executive body) also known as City Hall.
3/7 As Kerbez reports, her mother Anar and brother Aziz were at home when all those riots and mass disorders in the Akimat took place. This is confirmed by a video captured by the home security camera.
When government-controlled provocateurs began looting the city
1/4 9 March, 2022 the village of #Olzhabai Batyr
(Ereimentau district)
On 5 March, 2022 police district inspector Nurzhan #AMANGELDINOV came over to the civil activist Aizhan #AKISHEVA and gave her a subpoena to summon her for interrogation as a witness⤵️
2/4 in a criminal case № 221132031000009. The subpoena was signed by investigator Zorin P.N.
Moreover, this district inspector familiarized Aizhan with an order issued by the Head of the Police Department of Akkol district and lieutenant colonel #MUSAYEV R.
3/4 The document is ordering to interrogate Aizhan #AKISHEVA.
We consider these actions of the law enforcement agencies as an act of intimidation and pressure as well as a violation of human rights.
1/7 9 March, 2022,
City of: #Ust-Kamenogorsk #MUKANOVA Altyn, the mother of civil activist #BERIKKANULY Yernar demands that the Kazakhstani authorities immediately stop the unlawful political persecution of her son in connection with his participation⤵️
2/7 in the peaceful protest in early January, 2022 and release him from the pre-trial detention facility.
Also, she appeals to the international community seeking help to release her son.
BERIKKANULY Yernar was arbitrarily detained on 6 January on his way to work.
3/7 Earlier, he participated in a peaceful protest exercising his constitutional right, speaking out about high prices and requiring the authorities to address social problems of the citizens. After his unlawful detention he was sent to the pre-trial detention facility due
1/7 March 8, 2022, City of #Almaty
The political persecution of Ninagul #DZHUMANIYAZOVA.
On January 14, 2022, Ninagul #DZHUMANIYAZOVA applied to the National Bank to receive her regular pension.
2/7 However, she was told in the bank that her pension could not be granted to her because she had been added to "the List of organisations and individuals associated with the financing of terrorism and extremism".
3/7 Employee of the National Bank named Abzhappar Nazgul KanybekKyzy advised Ninagul to file a statement to close her bank account in order to obtain the pension. When Ninagul asked the bank employee how she would obtain her pension the following month,