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An overview of the state of democracy and the situation regarding respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kazakhstan The Open Dialogue Foundation ...

Political Repressions and Political Prisoners in Kazakhstan

24 September 2025

Executive Summary This submission responds to the European Commission’s consultation on data retention by service providers for criminal proceedings. The ...

Submission on the Retention of Data by Service Providers for Use in EU Criminal Proceedings

12 September 2025

The Kazakhstani authorities are weaponising international anti-money laundering mechanisms to prosecute Barlyk Mendygaziyev, his relatives, colleagues and ...

Transnational Repression against Barlyk Mendygaziyev

7 March 2025

Executive Summary Nature of the Proceeding: The report examines a civil legal action initiated in Belgium by Bakai Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in ...

The Price of Exposing Sanctions Violations: Bakai Bank’s Legal Attack on the Open Dialogue Foundation

4 March 2025

1. Summary The year 2024 and January 2025 were record-breaking for Kazakhstan in terms of violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Human rights ...

Tough year for human rights. 48 political prisoners in Kazakhstan, political repression and total censorship instead of reforms

13 February 2025

This study was prepared as a submission to the European Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report 1. Introduction Since assuming power in October 2023, Poland’s ...

Polish Public Prosecutor’s Office: Restoring Independence and Reviewing Politicised Criminal Cases in Poland

12 February 2025

Introduction Daniyar Khasenov is a Kazakhstani human rights defender who was forced to leave Kazakhstan in 2019 due to politically motivated criminal ...

Transnational persecution of Daniyar Khasenov. Methods used by Kazakhstan in their fight against a human rights defender

6 November 2024

Kazakhstan’s anti-extremist measures against freedom of assembly and association, activists, journalists, and bloggers 1. Introduction 1.1. This ...

Joint Submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review

18 July 2024

Political persecution in response to human rights work and eco-activism. The role of Chevron Corporation in corporate raiding in Kazakhstan. Introduction The ...

Transnational repression against Barlyk Mendygaziyev

5 July 2024

“Bitcoin mining is already an industry at the forefront of utilising sources like solar and wind. (…) I strongly encourage the European Union, the ...

Bitcoin Mining for EU Electricity Grids: An Energy Supply Management Tools

20 May 2024

Executive summary This report is the eighth in a series of reports on how third-party countries, especially Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, are assisting Russia in ...

Strengthening the axis of evil: Dictatorships against Ukraine

12 March 2024

How proposed US crypto-asset ban would support banking sector’s monopoly and harm civil society through financial exclusion 1. Key notes The USA, as a ...

Submission to FinCEN: US Digital Asset AML Act

22 January 2024

Preface Since the Law and Justice (PiS)-led United Right Coalition [Composed of PiS and its two junior partners – Solidarna Polska (United Poland, led by ...

Polish Public Prosecutor’s Office: Selected Cases of Malicious Prosecution and Dereliction of Duties since 2015

6 October 2023

Disclamer This report provides an overview of political persecution and human rights violations in Kazakhstan, as well as a list of political prisoners in ...

Repressions and Political Prisoners in Tokayev’s “New Kazakhstan”

18 August 2023

Executive Summary This report is the sixth in a series of reports on how Russia circumvents sanctions with the help of Central Asian countries, particularly by ...

Russia’s Decade-Long War Against Ukraine: How to Accelerate Ukrainian Victory

15 August 2023

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