Thread by @Aigul_Nurpeis

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October 13, 2022 #Astana

On October 12, 2022, members of the organizing committee for the creation of the opposition party "Alga #Kazakhstan" for the third time submitted a list of the initiative group (2149 people - twice the 1000 people required by law)

@hrw @RepMcCaul

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to the Ministry of #Justice to start registration of the party. However, on the same day, October 13, the Ministry of Justice returned the documents, refusing to start registering the party, referring to Article 8 of the law on political parties,

#ActivistsNotExtremists

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with a specific explanation of whose data, whose data in the list of the initiative group do not meet the requirements of the law.

@RenewEurope
@ecrgroup
@EP_HumanRights
@EPPGroup
@GreensEFA
@TheProgressives

#Magnitsky #NoToCorruption
#IACD2021

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The organizing committee has videos of more than half of the members of the initiative group (out of 2149 people - 1150 with video confirmation), which confirms that the data of the members of the initiative group comply with the requirements of the law.
@Left_EU
@viraniarif

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Earlier, on May 4 and September 22, 2022, the authorities also refused to start the registration of the party to the organizing committee of "Alga Kazakhstan" after they submitted the list of the initiative group, citing the same reason.

@SenatorSalma

#Kazakhstanprotests

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The authorities do not register an opposition party for political reasons despite claims of "political reforms".
#PersonalSanctions for
N. #Nazarbayev
K. #Massimov
T. #Kulibayev
D. #Nazarbayeva
S. #Abish
K. #Satybaldy
E. #Turgumbayev
G. #Nurdauletov
M. #Bektanov
K. #Tokayev