1/6 "MOM, THE TORTURE WAS IMPOSSIBLE. I CAN'T WALK".
Raihan Serikbayevna, mother of Abylaykhan BEKEYEV who was born in 1995, talks tearfully about how the law enforcement officers ill-treated her son,👇 @AndriusKubilius @Ombudsperson_KZ @rozathun
2/6 how he was detained and now held illegally in the pre-trial detention facility in Aktobe.
Abylaykhan's mother doesn’t hide that Abylaykhan participated in the peaceful protest on 5 January 2022 in Aktobe, exercising his constitutional right to peaceful assembly.
3/6 On 12 January, when Abylaykhan was coming out of the house with his wife, five SORB (Special Rapid Response Unit) officers with machine guns threw Abylaykhan to the ground, twisted his arms, and took him away to an unknown destination;
4/6 "Mother, the torture was impossible, I can't walk. They made me incriminate myself," that is what Abylaykhan told his mother after he was placed in the pre-trial detention facility.
1/8 9 February 2022
Testimonies about the peaceful meeting of protesters on 6 January and their shooting by the military from the participant of the peaceful protest and civil activist from #Shymkent Yerlan #FAIZULLAYEV.
3/8 built a makeshift prison of barbed wire on a cart called "Kazakhstan is a big prison" to go with it to the Akimat (local executive body) in #Kaskelen.
Civil activists were heading in a peaceful march to the Kaskelen Akimat 👇
3/5 #AMANGELDIYEV Shyndos was detained when he was at home on 10 February. On 5 January some provocateurs forced him to take a weapon lying around outside the building of the Police Department of Zhambyl region.
1/6 HE COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE TORTURE - HE HANGED HIMSELF
Akzhol Askaruly #KILYBAYEV, born in 1996, a young father and breadwinner of his family, committed suicide after torture, humiliation by law enforcement officers and under fear of possible arrest.@ZovkoEU
2/6 Akzhol hanged himself in his own house.
We can only guess what Akzhol was feeling at this moment... what could have driven the father of a 4-year-old child to take such a step, 👇
On 18 February 2022, peaceful protester Bek #SYRYM testified in an interview with Azattyq about how the military shot peaceful protesters on 6 January 2022 in the city square.
2/7 Bek SYRYM, a witness to the shooting in the square:
📍 "We were in the square. They brought us food in a cauldron. People did not leave each other without support, they brought meat, rice and cooked food.
2/6 On 9 March, a man, who introduced himself as an associate of the Police Department “Saryarka”, #SULEIMENOV Nurbek called Tabys and invited him to the Police Department regarding his participation in a peaceful protest on 4 January 2022.
3/6 The policeman summoned the activist over the phone without explaining the meeting agenda, as required by law. Also, like all peaceful citizens, Tabys did not commit any violent acts or riots at the rally.
1/5 WANT TO SEIZE THE HOUSING OF KERBEZ YEGINBAYEVA
17 March 2022 #Semey
Appraisers came to the dormitory where Kerbez #YEGINBAYEVA lives with her son and mother to have their housing assessed in connection with the arrest.
2/5 Kerbez's mother, Anar #KALIYEVA, has a room in the dormitory, and Kerbez YEGINBAYEVA bought another room in the same dormitory, but it is registered to her younger brother, Aziz #ZHOLATOV, ⤵️
3/5 who is in a pre-trial detention facility after being detained during the protests in Semey in January 2022. Kerbez did not manage to re-register the housing to herself and now the authorities want to deprive them of their housing.