On 9th October 2014, the Open Dialogue Foundation organised the conference in Madrid: “Misuse of the Interpol. A Time for Reform?”. The event was held in collaboration with the Spanish Bar Foundation (Fundación Abogacía Española) associated with the Spanish Bar Council, which hosted the seminar.
Fundación Abogacía Española (FAE) and the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) are pleased to invite for the conference “Misuse of the Interpol – a time for reform?”.
On Tuesday, July 29, the Spanish court sanctioned the release of Kazakh oppositionist, Alexandr Pavlov subject to bail conditions.
The Internet portal NGO.pl published information by the Open Dialogue Foundation on Alexandr Pavlov – an associate of the Kazakhstan opposition, imprisoned in Spain.
On June 18 Madrid was the scene for a seminar organised by Reporters Without Borders and the Open Dialogue Foundation on repressions against journalists in Kazakhstan. Among the speakers were ODF experts, and Kazakh lawyers, journalists and political activists.
An associate of the Kazakh opposition and independent media outlets issued an appeal to the European and global institutions, urging them to ensure a fair conclusion to his case. Pavlov fears he will be extradited from Spain, where the authorities are succumbing to pressure from Astana.
Under pressure from the Chinese authorities, the Spanish Parliament is hurriedly preparing an amendment to the Judiciary Act. It is planning to do away with the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows Spanish courts to prosecute the gravest crimes committed beyond its borders.
On 5 March, Alexander Pavlov’s lawyers submitted a document to the Spanish Foreign Ministry complaining about the actions of Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Spain, Bakyt Dyussenbayev. In the letter, the lawyers expressed great concern about the information recently published by the daily El Pais. Among other things, the newspaper wrote about a meeting between the ambassador […]
According to the information received by Open Dialogue Foundation, the Spanish government secretly issued a decree, allowing the extradition of Aleksandr Pavlov to Kazakhstan, on 14 February 2014.
On October 3, the Audiencia Nacional court announced it postpones the decision on Alexandr Pavlov’s extradition to Kazakhstan, a Central-Asian dictatorship, until 25 October.
We, the undersigned, appeal to the government of Spain not to allow the extradition of Alexandr Pavlov to Kazakhstan.
In the case of extradition, Alexandr Pavlov will face torture and unfair trial, and Spain will once again breach its international obligations concerning the protection of the rights of asylum seekers.
Kazakh authorities are exploiting the legal mechanisms of the International Criminal Police Organisation in order to persecute opponents of the regime.
Alexander Pavlov’s lawyers appealed against the decision of a Spanish court on his extradition to Kazakhstan. The former security chief and confidant of opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov is a valuable source of information for the law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan
Last Thursday, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional сourt decided to hand over Aleksandr Pavlov, a former bodyguard of Mukhtar Ablyazov, to Kazakh authorities. He was charged with conspiracy to carry out a terrorist attack.
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