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#Almaty #Shymkent

On 5 January, as authorities were holding a "day of remembrance for those killed in the January events", activists were persecuted across #Kazakhstan.

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Activist Aidar #MUBARAKOV was detained in Almaty and activists Nurtay #SHEGEBEKULY and Ninagul #DZHUMANIYAZOVA were under surveillance.

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In #Shymkent, police officers came to the mother of civil activist Gulzhan #MURATBAYEVA to find out her whereabouts. The authorities did not want the activists to "spoil" their picture of a hypocritical "day of remembrance for those killed in the January events".

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Jan 10
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#Uralsk

On 29 December 2022, the local executive body (Akimat) of Uralsk city issued a refusal to hold a "Bloody January Remembrance Day" on 7 January 2023 in response to notifications from civil activists.

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The topic: "Bloody January Remembrance Day" and freedom for political prisoners.
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This is the seventh refusal to hold a "Bloody January Remembrance Day" on 7 January 2023 (5 in #Astana, 1 in #Almaty and 1 in #Uralsk).

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Jan 8
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BAN ON THE DAY OF REMEMBER OF BLOODY JANUARY

January 7, 2023 #Almaty

Political persecution on the "Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Bloody January", announced by the organizing committee for the creation of the opposition party "Alga #Kazakhstan" on January 7, 2023.
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At 11 o'clock in the afternoon, a civil activist, a member of the organizing committee of the opposition party "Alga Kazakhstan" Aset #Abishev, was illegally detained. He was held at the #Zhetysu District Police Department for more than 3 hours.

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Jan 8
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On January 7, 2023, on the "Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Bloody January", the organizing committee for the creation of the opposition party "Alga #Kazakhstan" announced a commemoration. But the commemoration places were closed,

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there were fences and a lot of police around. Civil activists were not allowed out of their homes. If they left the house, they were seized and held by the police for several hours. For civil society is prohibited: Freedom of speech, freedom of movement,

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commemorate the dead, go to rallies. Here it is "New Kazakhstan". Here it is Tokaev's lie.
We demand an international investigation into the January events.

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Oct 20, 2022
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On 12 October 2022 at 02:30 p.m. (Uralsk time) the city court of #Uralsk will hold an offline court hearing in a politically motivated criminal case under Article 405 Part 2 ("participation in an extremist organisation") against civil activists #YESKENDIROVA Marua and Image
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#URAZBAYEV Amangeldy.

The activists have been under house arrest since 28 April 2022.
The authorities are prosecuting Marua and Amangeldy for the following political reasons:

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The investigator pointed out the following information as "aggravating circumstances":

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Oct 19, 2022
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#Aktobe 
On 13 October, the politically motivated criminal case under Article 272 Part 2 ("participation in mass disorder") against 18 people continued at the Specialised Inter-District Criminal Cour of Aktobe region: 
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The next court session will take place on 14 October at 10:30 (Aktobe time). Those wishing to attend the trial as observers are welcome to do so.

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Thanks to public support and public advocacy, political prisoner Ablaykhan #BEKEYEV has had his measure of restraint changed from arrest in the pre-trial detention facility, where he was held for 9 months, to an undertaking to appear in court.
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Oct 19, 2022
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#Astana
On 12 October 2022, members of the organising committee for the creation of the opposition party "Alga #Kazakhstan" for the third time submitted a list of the initiative group (2,149 persons - which is twice the amount required by law) ⤵️

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to the Ministry of Justice to begin registration of the party. However, on the same day, 13 October, the Ministry of #Justice returned the documents, refusing to start registration of the party,

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citing Article 8 of the law on political parties, while providing no specific explanation as to whose data on the list of the initiative group does not meet the requirements of the law.
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