2/9 in #Kazakhstan On October 26, 2022, the #OSCE monitoring mission in Kazakhstan on the eve of the elections, the human rights coalition #ActivistsNotExtremists prepared another refutation propaganda by the Kazakh authorities about alleged observance of human rights and
3/9 civil rights obligations.
As our main recommendations, we urge:
- use our lists of the repressed at meetings with representatives of Kazakhstan at all levels with a demand to release them immediately; @hrw
4/9 - to support the recommendations of the European Parliament on the introduction of personal sanctions for large-scale repressions and executions in Kazakhstan throughout the history of the state.
The report contains lists of 105 political prisoners:
5/9 - political prisoners, victims of torture and mass executions in January 2022 and lawyers who were victims of persecution;
- victims of political persecution in cases of extremism against the peaceful opposition movements of the #DCK/#KoshePartiyasa,
6/9 - whistleblowers of the corruption of the family of the #Nazarbayev-#Tokayev regime - an ethnic Kazakh from China, an activist with a visual impairment,
Additionally, we recorded:
- persecution of 17 Kazakh human rights activists;
7/9 - at least 33 cases in which protesters were posthumously falsely accused of "terrorism";
- a threat to life and political persecution of Karakalpak activists, whom Kazakhstan can extradite to #Uzbekistan.
The lists are not exhaustive: the authorities
8/9 of Kazakhstan put constant pressure on the victims of repressions and human rights activists both inside the country and abroad. Carousel continuation.
Preventive political persecution ahead of the peaceful protests on October 25 on the notification of the Alga #Kazakhstan Organizing Committee and the visit of the President of the #EuropeanCouncil Charles #Michel
A police officer came to the home of civil activist Serik #Idyryshev in the village of Bobrovka to warn that Serik Idyryshev should not leave the region without the permission of the police on the basis of a court verdict
3/5 (a court ruling dated July 2021) in a political criminal case. A year and a half later, the police brought Serik Idyryshev a court order. In connection with the peaceful protests on October 25, upon the notification of the organizing committee of Alga Kazakhstan,
Preventive political persecution ahead of the peaceful protests on October 25 on the notification of the organizing committee of "Alga #Kazakhstan" and the visit of the President of the #EuropeanCouncil Charles #Michel to Kazakhstan
Civil activist #Zhanakbayeva Gulbala reported about illegal outdoor surveillance near her house. Several police officers came to her house and knocked for a long time. When no one opened the door for them, they began to pull the door handle.
3/5 Did the police try to illegally enter the activist's apartment?
The authorities of Kazakhstan once again demonstrate that they violate the constitutional rights of citizens to participate in peaceful rallies, free movement, use bandit methods in the persecution of citizens.
Preventive political persecution ahead of the peaceful protests on October 25 on the notification of the organizing committee of "Alga Kazakhstan" and the visit of the President of the #EuropeanCouncil Charles #Michel to #Kazakhstan
Civil activist #Baisova Aizhan received a threat from the Almaly district police that she would be illegally detained if she left her house on October 25, 2022. She was also warned that on October 25, police officers would follow her and her house,
3/5 and if she left the house, she would be illegally detained.
The authorities of Kazakhstan once again demonstrate that they violate the constitutional rights of citizens to participate in peaceful rallies, free movement, use bandit methods in the persecution of citizens.
The local executive body (akimat) of the city of Kostanay denied civil activists permission to hold peaceful protests on October 15, 16 and 22 in response to the notifications filed.
2/5 Topics: Cancellation of presidential elections. Register all created political parties. Release all political prisoners.
Reasons for politically motivated refusal: the submitted notifications "do not meet" the requirements of the law.
3/5 A total of 17 (two in #Uralsk, one in Astana, two in Almaty, one in #Shymkent, two in #Aktau, four in #Kostanay, two in #Kokshetau, one in #Petropavlovsk, one in #Aktobe, one in Ust-Kamenogorsk) politically motivated refusals of the authorities
Preemptive political persecution ahead of peaceful protests on October 25 on the notification of the Alga Kazakhstan Organizing Committee
In Kaskelen, the police set up illegal outdoor surveillance of civil activist Yerkin #Sabanshiev. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2/5 In Kokshetau, the policemen brought summonses to civil activists Gaukhar #Shakenova, Almagul #Kudaibergenova, Marat #Zhanuzakov, Kuatu #Mukhamedzhanov, Baurzhan #Baltashev with demands to appear precisely on October 25 at 11:00 - 11:30 for supposedly investigative actions
3/5 in a political criminal case. The procedural status is not specified. Investigator #Zhanaydarov D.M. calls everyone.
1/4 October 24, 2022 #Astana
On the eve of a peaceful protest on October 25, 2022, upon notification by the Alga Kazakhstan Organizing Committee, a civil activist and human rights volunteer of the Femina Virtute initiative, Turdieva Ulbolsyn,
2/4 is being illegally monitored outside in a Lada Granta car with license plate number 436 ADX.
Thus, the authorities once again confirm that there are no democratic reforms in Tokayev's new #Kazakhstan,