Your son is a terrorist. Let's bury him like a bum.
24 March 2022 #Aktobe
Testimony of Burkit #Zhubanazarov, father of Ruslan Zhubanazarov, born 1991.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #KazakhstanProtests #Zhanaozen2022
@RepGregoryMeeks On 6 January 2022, Ruslan #Zhubanazarov went to a peaceful protest and did not take part in the pogroms. Ruslan was shot dead on the morning of 7 January 2022. The parents are not given a medical certificate as to the cause of Ruslan's death.

Courts in Kazakhstan like a bolt from the blue
24 March 2022 #Astana
Human rights activist and former political prisoner Aidar #Syzdykov received a phone call from lawyer Almira #Saparova informing him that there would be a trial on 25 March. A court hearing to replace restriction of liberty with a real term of imprisonment. Aydar Syzdykov was put on trial without being informed in advance.
#Kazakhstan
#NotTerrorists
#ActivistsNotExtremist
@EamonGilmore
@TerhiHakala

Those responsible for torture walk free
22 March 2022 #Taldykorgan
Azamat #Batyrbaev
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #KazakhstanProtests #ProtestJanuary2022 #Zhanaozen2022
@EU_Commission On 4 March 2022, the Institute of Forensic Examinations for Almaty Oblast of the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan concluded that Azamat Batyrbaev, who was beaten and tortured with an iron, sustained light injuries.
@HeidiHautala

23 March 2022 #Aktobe
Civil activist, Tokhtar Zhumabekuly, born 1993, is illegally prosecuted for the second time on political grounds under Article 78 Part 2 for his participation in the protests in the city of Aktobe in January 2022.
#NotTerrorists Tokhtar sustained a gunshot wound and luckily survived. He received medical treatment at the BSMS.
Tokhtar is the only breadwinner for his parents and he is seeking help from international organisations.
#Kazakhstan #KazakhstanProtests
@hildevautmans

23 March 2022 #Aktobe
Nuraly #Shakhkuzov, a resident of Aktobe, is the sole breadwinner of a large family with 7 minor children and an invalid mother diagnosed with stage 3 cancer.
#NotTerrorists #Kazakhstan #Zhanaozen2022
@eu_eeas Nuraly came out in peaceful protest to support Zhanaozenets using his constitutional right, he is being illegally persecuted by the Kazakh authorities.
#KazakhstanProtests #ProtestJanuary2022
@gahler_michael

23 March 2022 #Aktobe
Civic activist Serik #Zhumabaev is being prosecuted by Kazakh authorities for his participation in protests in January, specifically a 7 January 2022 rally in the city of Aktobe.
#NotTerrorists #Kazakhstan
@EUSR_CA
@TerhiHakala He was illegally detained in front of the Akimat, using brute force and even handcuffed. He was then brutally beaten in the #Iliya assembly hall with batons.
#ProtestJanuary2022
@EP_HumanRights
@EamonGilmore

22 March 2022 #Aktobe
Yerkhat #Kosbayev, a young man born in 1990 in the village of #Beskopa, Aktobe region, participated in a peaceful protest on 5 January 2022.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #Zhanaozen2022 #KazakhstanProtests
@TerhiHakala Yerhat is now in custody under Article 269 Part 2 of the Criminal Code ("Assault on buildings, structures, means of communication and communication").
#ProtestJanuary2022
@EamonGilmore
@EP_HumanRights

How a police officer beat his classmate and how torture died at the Semey City Police Department.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #Zhanaozen2022 #KazakhstanProtests
@SenDuckworth
@Hickenlooper
@timkaine Saule #Imangozhina gave us a statement about her son Mukhit #Tugelbaev. He participated in a peaceful rally on 5 January 2022. At the rally he videotaped himself saying: Let's support Zhanaozen!
@SenatorMenendez
@ChrisMurphyCT
#ProtestJanuary2022

How authorities cover up the beatings of protesters
21 March 2022 #Aktobe
Dania #Bekturganova reveals how her husband Aslanbek #Omarov is being harassed.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #Zhanaozen2022 #KazakhstanProtests @RobBerschinski @RepKarenBass Aslanbek is a private entrepreneur and the sole breadwinner in the family and together with Dania they are raising a 2-year-old daughter. Dania Bekturganova is currently pregnant.
@USRepKeating
@RepGregoryMeeks
@SenatorCollins

20 March 2022 #Aktobe
Civic activist Jambos #Zholdasbay, born in 1975, was out for a peaceful rally in the city of Aktobe.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #KazakhstanProtests #ProtestJanuary2022
@SenatorShaheen
@RepGregoryMeeks In support, Zhanaozentsev sustained a gunshot wound to his right shoulder on 7 January 2022.
As he fell to the ground, the riot police twisted his arms and handcuffed him.
@eu_eeas @EP_HumanRights @EUinKazakhstan

20.03.2022 #Aktobe
Civic activist Alibek #Karakulov prosecuted for January events, namely for going out to protest from 4-6 January 2022.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #KazakhstanProtests
@USRepKeating @eu_eeas @isabel_mep On 12 January 2022, police officers Medet #Izbasarov and Andrei #Kandiev illegally detained him on the street in the #Kobda settlement.
#ActivistsNotExtremists
@EP_GenderEqual @TheProgressives @EP_HumanRights

19 March 2022 #Semey
Mother of civil activist Timur #Irzhanuly reports that her son was brutally tortured after peaceful protests .
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #ActivistsNotExtremist #KazakhstanProtests @JosepBorrellF @EUinKazakhstan The officers did whatever they could think of, hitting him in the lower back, on the kidneys, on the back. They put white paper on my son's back, which meant that he had to be hit particularly hard. They hit his legs, his thighs, and below.

20 March 2022 #Aktobe
Nurse Fatima #Gaziz's testimony on her political persecution by Kazakh authorities.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #KazakhstanProtests #ProtestJanuary2022
@RepKarenBass @EP_HumanRights Including through her employer, for her participation in the 5 January 2022 peaceful protest. Her husband Farhat #Ghaziz confirms her words.
@EUSR_CA @EP_President @TerhiHakala

20 March 2022 #Uralsk
Civil activist and mother of two, Marua #Eskendirova, was illegally detained on the night of 4-5 January 2022.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #ActivistsNotExtremist #KazakhstanProtests @SenThomTillis @EUSR_CA Detained by police officers (anti-extremism unit) in civilian clothes for her participation in a peaceful protest on 4 January 2022 in support of peaceful protesters in the city of Zhanaozen.
@isabel_mep @rozathun

19 March 2022 #Uralsk
Civic activist and father of two daughters Nurlybek #Ataullin tells how he was illegally arrested for 2 days for allegedly "violating the law on peaceful assemblies.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists @isabel_mep @NachoSAmor I am a civil activist from Uralsk, Nurlybek Atauollin. Married, with two children.
On 5 January 2022 police officers Arman Baikenov, Vladimir Bezyanov and two other officers pushed my daughter away when she opened the door for them.
@EPPGroup

19 March 2022 #Uralsk
Civic activist and father of two, Dastan #Bazenov, tells the story of his political persecution.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #ActivistsNotExtremist @SenatorLeahy @EP_HumanRights @EamonGilmore 20 days of administrative arrest for allegedly "violating the law on peaceful assembly", for taking part in a peaceful protest on 4 January 2022, exercising his constitutional right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
#KazakhstanProtests @eu_eeas @EU_Commission

17 March 2022 #Kaskelen
Police officers in three civilian cars (some even with machine guns) arrived at the home of civilian activist Yerkin #Kaziev.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #ActivistsNotExtremist
@ChrisVanHollen @LindseyGrahamSC The authorities opened a politically motivated criminal case against Yerkin Kaziev under Article 380 part 1 ("Use of violence against a representative of the authorities"), but Yerkin Kaziev was not at home.
@EP_HumanRights @EUSR_CA

18 March 2022 #Aktobe city
Relatives demand the release of their son who exercised his constitutional right to protest peacefully.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists #KazakhstanProtests #ProtestJanuary2022 @EUSR_CA @EP_President I am Balzhan #Kuzhekova, born in 1960, living in Aktobe.
My son Madi #Zhumabek, born 1995, took part in a peaceful protest on 5 January 2022.
@NachoSAmor @EamonGilmore @EU_Commission

19 March 2022, #Uralsk city
Demalys #Beshekeshev recounts how he was politically persecuted for his participation in a peaceful protest on 3 and 4 January 2022, in Uralsk city.
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists @NachoSAmor @TerhiHakala I am a citizen of Kazakhstan Demalys Beshekeshev, living in Uralsk. Secondary education, married. On January 3,4, 2022 I took part in a peaceful protest.
#ProtestJanuary2022 @EP_HumanRights @EU_Commission

19 March 2022 #Uralsk
Civic activist and father of two, Orynbay #Okhasov, has been politically prosecuted since 2016 for his participation in peaceful protests and criticism of the Kazakh authorities.
@r_czarnecki @petervdalen
#Kazakhstan #NotTerrorists In March 2021, the authorities threatened to kill his son, and there were two assassination attempts on Orynbay Ohasov himself.
#ActivistsNotExtremists
@Assita_Kanko @KarinKarlsbro @DavidLega

March 12, 2022
#Kabanbai village, Urjar district, East Kazakhstan Oblast #Kazakhstan
Sister of murdered Shyngys #Tastanbekov, Shynar #Tastanbekov appeals to the international community for help in investigating her brother's murder @Europarl_EN During the shooting of peaceful protesters in January 2022.
Shyngys, 33, died of a gunshot wound on January 5, 2022 in the city of #Almaty. The young man was working there.@EP_HumanRights @EUinKazakhstan