It has been reported that on 7 February 2023, political prisoner and civil activist Yerulan #AMIROV was beaten up in the republican state institution "Institution LA-155/14" in the village of #Zarechnoye.
3/5 At the end of January, Yerulan was transferred to the above-mentioned prison in the settlement of Zarechnoye after a routine medical examination in a hospital in #Almaty.
4/5 Yerulan #AMIROV, a civil activist who has been persecuted by the Kazakhstani authorities for supporting the opposition movement, for which he was initially sent to a psychiatric hospital and on 16 May 2022 was sentenced to 7 years in prison.
1/6 BEATINGS AND FABRICATIONS IN TOKAEV'S NEW KAZAKHSTAN
On 9 February 2023, civil activist and former political prisoner Orynbay #OKHASOV was at a reporting meeting of the Akim (mayor) of #Uralsk. m.facebook.com/groups/Activis…
2/6 After the meeting was over, Orynbay OKHASOV drove home, but just a couple of minutes later the police patrol stopped Orynbay OKHASOV’S car. The police officers were #DYUSENOV Nurlan Maratovich, #KAIYROV Galamat Galymovich, #KARABASOV Madi Mazhitovich.
3/6 The police then broke a window in his car and forcibly took from Orynbay OKHASOV the smartphone which he used to film live the violations of his rights. The police officers roughly dragged him out of the car and put him in the police car, while leaving Orynbay car running.
1/4 On 10 February 2023, the local executive body (Akimat) of Burlinsky District, West #Kazakhstan Region, issued a refusal to hold a peaceful protest on 18 February 2023 in response to a notification submitted by civil activist #BAITEMIROV Yedige.
2/4 Topic: to register all independent parliamentary candidates and independent parties.
The reason for the politically motivated refusal: the holding of sports events and an agricultural fair on that exact same day, time and place.
3/4 A total of 11 refusals to hold peaceful assemblies in February 2023 on the topic of registration of all independent parties and parliamentary candidates were documented.
1/4 On 9 February 2023, the local executive body (Akimat) of #Aktobe city has issued a refusal to hold a peaceful protest on 11 February 2023 in response to a notification submitted by the civil activist #KUZHAKHMETOV S.I.
3/4 A total of ten refusals to hold peaceful assemblies on 11-12 February 2023 were issued on the topic of registration of all independent parties and candidates for deputies.
Police officers forcefully detained civil activist Orynbay #OKHASOV. Police officers stopped him in his car. When Orynbay OKHASOV was asked to explain the reason for stopping the car, the police officers said that they "smelled alcohol".
2/4 Orynbay OKHASOV’S whereabouts are unknown. Perhaps the authorities want to deprive him of his rights and arrest him in order to intimidate the people before the elections on 19 March 2023.
1/5 On 6 February 2023, the local executive body (Akimat) of #Almaty issued a refusal to hold a peaceful protest on 12 February 2023 in response to a notification from a member of the organising committee for the creation of the opposition party “Alga #Kazakhstan” Aset #ABISHEV.
2/5 Topic: register all independent parliamentary candidates and independent parties.
Reason for the politically motivated refusal: previously agreed events (Article 14, Part 1, Paragraph 10 of the law on the organisation and holding of peaceful assemblies). .
3/5 Reason for the politically motivated refusal: previously agreed events (Article 14, Part 1, Paragraph 10 of the law on the organisation and holding of peaceful assemblies).
2/5 to the initiative group on the establishment of the party "Alga Kazakhstan" as part of the first phase on the way to party registration (under the law on political parties).
3/5 Police officers arbitrarily detained him and brought him to the police department, where Bekbulat UTEBAYEV was issued a politically motivated administrative fine under Article 489 (participation in an unregistered public association) in the amount of 153150 tenge ($323).