2/7 That is where all the people, wounded during the January protests, were brought after being forcibly taken from every hospital in Almaty. One of such abducted patients is Darkhan #DUSIBAYEV.
3/7 Darkhan was brought to the city hospital #7 in Kalkaman microdistrict. He was in critical condition, so he underwent emergency surgery. After the surgery the doctors told him that he had been shot in the stomach.
4/7 On 8 January when Darkhan was lying in bed under drips with catheters, a special rapid response unit burst into the ward. "Make a move, and we will shoot you down without warning," they said to him straight away.
5/7 They were all brought to the pre-trial detention facility SI-18. Darkhan was subjected to torture and beatings just like already known victims of the SI-18 namely: Akylzhan #KIYSIMBAYEV, Sayat #ADILBEKULY and Zhasulan #AMANGELDIYEV.
6/7 As soon as he was released from the SI-18, he went back to the city hospital #7. However, the doctors refused to treat him saying that the treatment was fee-based, and Darkhan didn't have the money.
7/7 Dear friends Darkhan is in urgent need of financial support. As his bank account is frozen, he gave his sister’s phone number attached to her Kaspi bank account where you can make your donation:
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.