Thread by @Ardakmergenbai

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SEARCH AT THE HOME OF A LAWYER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION

Human Rights Foundation "Ar.Rukh.Hak" reports that the prosecutor's office in #Shymkent is conducting a search in the house of a lawyer of the foundation, Shalipa #Bekkulova.@PACE_President @EUParl_EN @rozathun

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Earlier, on 20 April, the KNB summoned Shalipa #Bekkulova for questioning in a politically motivated criminal case as a witness. Formally, this may be related to the fact that on January 5,

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when the authorities deliberately turned off the Internet in the country in order to total information blockade, Shalipa Bekkulova together with her colleagues called civil activists around #Kazakhstan to find out whether they are safe.@NachoSAmor @KubiliusA @JosepBorrellF

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And supposedly now they are checking all mobile calls in those days.@hrw @EU_Commission

However, we believe that the reason for political persecution is the work of the Ar.Rukh.Hak Foundation to collect information on those killed,

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injured, detained during the January protests and after, which helps, together with other information, to refute the propaganda version of the Kazakh authorities about "terrorists", "mass unrest", "coup attempt", "financing of unrest from abroad", etc. @eu_eeas @ViolavonCramon

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Also, the obvious reason for the political persecution is the Foundation's firm position on the need for an independent international investigation into the January shootings, torture and illegal prosecution. @CommissionerHR @EP_President @eucopresident @vonderleyen

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The investigation with the status of a "witness" is only an attempt to cover up political persecution, which probably is presented by the authorities to democratic countries as a standard process of verification in the framework of the necessary criminal procedure.@Renew_Press

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This political persecution is yet further evidence of the imitation of political transformation claimed by the authorities of #Kazakhstan.@KajaTael @EEinEU @margarethodge @KleptoAlliance @danutahuebner @CoE_HRightsRLaw @CoESpokesperson

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We demand an immediate end to the political persecution of Shalipa Bekkulova and call on the #UnitedStates, the #EuropeanUnion, the #UnitedKingdom, and #Canada to publicly demand that the #Kazakhstani authorities cease their political repression.@KleptoCaucus @taxinparliament