Thread by @OlgaMelnichenk3

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OSCE: ELECTIONS IN KAZAKHSTAN WERE HELD WITHOUT POLITICAL COMPETITION

On 21 November 2022, Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry said that the OSCE's ODIHR "suffers from a lack of objectivity" due to a "biased" assessment of the elections.

#electionswithoutchoice #Kazakhstan

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Tokayev, continuing the Nazarbayev tradition, did not allow real opposition to participate in the elections, and the OSCE observers have documented this in detail in the report.

@mortenhelveg
@andreykovatchev
@AndreyNovakov
@nvillumsen

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The #OSCE cited political persecution and preventing members of the “Alga Kazakhstan” party from running in elections as an example.

@nilsusakovs
@ijabs

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In particular, the observers detailed that the unregistered opposition group "Alga Kazakhstan" announced peaceful demonstrations against snap elections on 20 November.

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At the same time, detention and administrative arrest measures were imposed on organisers and potential participants.

#ActivistsNotExtremists

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#PersonalSanctions for
N. #Nazarbayev &
K. #Massimov
T. #Kulibayev
D. #Nazarbayeva
S. #Abish
K. #Satybaldy
E. #Turgumbayev
G. #Nurdauletov
M. #Bektanov
K. #Tokayev