This report provides an analysis of Kazakhstan’s implementation of the European Parliament Resolution of 14 March 2019 on the human rights situation in the country (2019/2610(RSP).
Topics
- Interpol
- Extraditions
- Human rights
- Oppression of the opposition
- Society
- Reforms in Ukraine
- Persecution of lawyers
- Freedom of speech
- Nursultan Nazarbayev
- Zhanaozen
- Igor Vinyavskiy
- Humanitarian aid
- Vladimir Kozlov
- Bolat Atabayev
- Vadim Kuramshin
- Economy
- Alexandr Pavlov
- Mukhtar Ablyazov
- Muratbek Ketebayev
- Election observation
- Culture
- Alma Shalabayeva
- Tatyana Paraskevich
- Zaure Akpenbetova
- EuroMaidan
- Crimea
- Election monitoring
- Lustration
- Ukraine
- Ukrainian World
- Oleg Sentsov
- Nadiya Savchenko
- Zinaida Mukhortova
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- ATO
- Rafis Kashapov
- Chernobyl
- Nadia Savchenko
- Bota Jardemalie
Country: Kazakhstan
Statement re. event organised by EU Today in the European Parliament on 23 January 2020
We have recently learned of an event held in the European Parliament on January 23rd, 2020, organised by the “EU Today” website. The event’s title, “NGOs: between public good and bad governance”, would suggest the event covered an interesting and important topic, the functioning of NGOs in the EU. Unfortunately, as we’ve learned from one of the unlucky participants of the event, this title was just disguise for another action by “EU Today” founder, former UKIP employee, far-right racist and Holocaust denier, Gary Cartwright, aiming to discredit ODF and our work, specifically in Kazakhstan.
List of Kazakhstani political prisoners and other politically prosecuted persons
This report examines the cases of 56 victims of politically motivated criminal prosecutions in Kazakhstan. Among them, at least 16 are political prisoners who remain in prisons or pre-trial detention facilities.
Statement by Ukrainian human rights defenders on the case of Zhanara Akhmetova
Zhanara Akhmetova is a Kazakhstani journalist, one of the leaders of the opposition movement “Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan” (DCK). For several years, Akhmetova and her minor son have been unsuccessfully seeking refugee status and, through this, political asylum in Ukraine.
Iskander Yerimbetov is free
We have learned with great relief of the release of Kazakhstani political prisoner Iskander Yerimbetov.
Members of the Italian Parliament sign letter in support of Bota Jardemalie
Members of the Italian Senate and the Italian Chamber of Deputies forwarded a letter to the Belgian Prime Minister, demonstrating their concern and outrage with the situation faced by Jardemalie in Belgium.
Zhanara Akhmetova risks extradition: a test for the new authorities of Ukraine
In case of the extradition of Akhmetova, Ukraine would violate several ratified international conventions. For the new government, this case would become one of the first serious exams in the observation of the rights of refugees and extradition procedures. Will the new authorities of Ukraine pass the test in the cooperation with dictatorial regimes?
Unprecedented and unacceptable cooperation between Belgian authorities and Kazakhstan’s authoritarian regime
On October 1, 2019, at Kazakhstan’s mutual assistance request, Belgian police conducted a warrantless search (sic!) of Kazakh political refugee and lawyer, Botagoz Jardemalie’s apartment in Brussels. The officials seized numerous electronic devices and documents, which included privileged and confidential work relating to her advocacy as a human rights lawyer. One of the most worrying […]
They’ve Come For You: Misuse of Extradition Procedures and Interstate Legal Assistance
In the present document, the Open Dialogue Foundation, the Italian Federation for Human Rights, the Arrested Lawyers Initiative, the Human Rights Defenders e.V. and the Kharkiv Institute for Social Research attempt to fill the gaps in the PACE report and propose recommendations with respect to impro
Strengthened China-Kazakhstan Relations: What Impact on Human Rights?
Open Dialogue Foundation and the Italian Federation for Human Rights are pleased to invite you to an event co-hosted by MEPs Nacho Sanchez Amor (S&D; Spain) and Niklas Nienaß (Greens/EFA; Germany).