1/6 Civil activist Ulbolsyn #TURDIYEVA's message:
March 8, 2022 City of #Aktau
In early January, 2022, I, Ulbolsyn #TURDIYEVA, monitored the peaceful protests in the city of Aktau. There, I confronted some aggressive devotees of the destructive religious movement (the Salafis)
2/6 and other provocateurs controlled by the NSC (National Security Committee). They harassed the peaceful protesters, me and other activists.
On a tip from the NSC these Salafis intended to arrange a crackdown of the peaceful protesters
3/6 and threatened the people that they would start rioting if the protesters didn't go home. These provocateurs attempted to disperse the crowd using their cars - they blocked the road and didn't allow people to pass through to join other protesters.
4/6 On March 5th, 2022 I received a message of a religious nature threatening to kill me (its screenshot is attached below) via WhatsApp from an unknown phone number.
It had been the second threat addressed to me.
5/6 On the same day activist Aigul #AKBERDIYEVA also received a threatening message from the same unknown number.
I am attaching some videos and photos of the January protests where I managed to capture those provocateurs. In total,
6/6 there were about 50 Salafi-aggressors at the protest.
Should anything happen to me or Aigul #AKBERDIYEVA or any of our family members, blame it on the Chairman of the NSC Sagimbayev Yermek Aldabergenovich and his controlled provocateurs.
2/3 On 12 April 2022 the Akimat (local executive body) of Almaty issued a refusal to hold a peaceful rally scheduled for 1 May 2022 in response to 2 notifications submitted by civil activists.
3/3 The politically motivated refusals were signed by Deputy Mayor of Almaty Yerbol #DOSAYEV and Acting Head of the Department of Social Development #YESENBEKOV A.
1/3 Politically motivated refusals to notifications of peaceful assemblies. On 11 April 2022, the Akimat (local executive body) of #Aktau issued a refusal to hold a peaceful assembly on 1 May 2022 in response to a notification submitted by activist Bolat #NURGAZIN.
2/3 The topic of the peaceful assembly: "In solidarity with Ukraine. No to war. In favour of leaving the #CSTO and #EAEU. Increase in people's incomes.
The reason for the politically motivated refusal: mass cultural and sporting events are going to be held on that day.
3/3 Politically motivated refusal was signed by the deputy Akim (mayor) of Aktau #BAYPAKOV A.
This is at least the fifth refusal to hold anti-war rallies and solidarity actions with #Ukraine issued by the #Kazakhstani authorities.
1/4 #Almaty
On 14 April 2022 at 09:40 political prisoner Abay #BEGIMBETOV’s application for release on parole is going to be considered in #Kapshagay district court.
2/4 It should be reminded that Abay BEGIMBETOV and a number of other activists were illegally sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment in October 2021 for their peaceful activism: participation in peaceful protests, criticism of the authorities.
3/4 In its resolutions in 2021 and 2022 the European Parliament called upon the Kazakhstani authorities to release and rehabilitate all political prisoners, including Abay BEGIMBETOV.
2/5 A story we have heard repeatedly in different variations: gunshot wound, abduction by special forces from the hospital, torture in the pre-trial detention facility SI-18, fabricated criminal case.
3/5 All this points to the fact that it was an order to fabricate the case about "terrorists" given by high-ranking officials. Both the people who ordered it, including Nazarbayev and Tokayev, and the executors of the criminal orders themselves should be held responsible.
2/3 On 13 April 2022, the Akimat (local executive body) of Uralsk and Aksay (Borili district) refused to hold anti-war actions (with support of Ukraine) on 1 May 2022 in response to two notifications submitted by civil activists.
3/3 Politically motivated refusals was signed by the deputy acting head of the internal policy department of the Akimat of Uralsk #GINIYATOV A, deputy Akim (mayor) of Borili district #KUSHKINBAYEV A and Akim of Borili district #SATKANOV M.
2/6 On 5 January 2022 Marat went on a peaceful protest where he was a gunshot and taken by unidentified people to the city hospital #7.Doctors diagnosed Marat with an“open multi-comminuted fracture of the lower third of the two bones of the right tibia caused by a gunshot”.
3/6 On 8 January an armed special rapid response unit (SOBR) burst into the hospital, took the half-naked wounded patients, including Marat, outside by beating them and shoved them into a prisoner transportation vehicle.