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Arbitrary detention and use of torture: MEP tables written question on Kazakhstan

20 April 2018

On March 21, MEP Tomáš Zdechovský submitted a written question to the EU VP/HR on the arbitrary detention and use of torture taking place in Kazakhstan. This comes after an appeal submitted to president Nazarbayev by seven MEPs who expressed their concern about the current situation of human rights.

Report: The persecution of the DCK activists in Kazakhstan

2 April 2018

The Kazakhstani court has banned the activities of the new opposition movement ‘Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan’. The slightest support of the DCK has been penalised with prison terms.

The Chair of the OSCE PA General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions addresses the authorities of Kazakhstan and Moldova

2 March 2018

Mr Josè Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Chair of the General Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, signed two letters on Friday 23 February 2018, one addressed to the President of Kazakhstan, Mr Nazarbayev

Event at the OSCE PA Winter Meeting: “Persecution of lawyers: Selected cases from Moldova, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan

13 February 2018

The Open Dialogue Foundation is glad to invite you to an event on the topic of the persecution and protection of lawyers, which will be held on Friday 23 February 2018, from 12:30 to 14:00, room 531 at the premises of the Hofburg Congress Centre, Vienna.

Event at the EP: “Persecution of lawyers: Selected cases from Moldova, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan

7 February 2018

The Open Dialogue Foundation is glad to invite you to an event on the topic of the persecution and protection of lawyers, which will be held on Tuesday 20 February 2018, from 15:30 to 17:00, room: A5G305; at the premises of the European Parliament – Brussels.

Members of the PACE call on Kazakhstan “to fully comply with its commitments under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”

30 January 2018

During the last PACE Winter session, on 25 January 2018, twenty-four members signed a written declaration to urge the authorities of Kazakhstan to abide by the country’s international commitments under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, ratified by Kazakhstan in 2005.

MEPs call upon the highest Kazakhstani authorities to stop politically motivated prosecution and mistreatment of political prisoner Iskander Yerimbetov

21 December 2017

On December 13, 2017, a group of MEPs signed a letter addressed directly to the highest authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, raising their concern about the situation of human rights and individual cases of politically motivated prosecutions, and demanding that the case of Mr Is… (read more)

On the anniversary of the Zhanaozen tragedy, the ODF presents the most high-profile cases of politically motivated prosecution in contemporary Kazakhstan

15 December 2017

16 December is Kazakhstan’s Independence Day. However, this date is also known as the anniversary of the Zhanaozen shooting: six years ago, at least 17 striking oilmen died from police bullets. Since then, this day has been associated with the oppression of the civil society in Kazakhstan.

Stop torture in Kazakhstan: Save political prisoners. Invitation to a protest in Brussels

7 December 2017

On 16 December 2017, we will witness the 6th anniversary of the Zhanaozen massacre. A few days before the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Kazakhstan is going to be debated and voted. It is an opportunity for us all to once again raise the issue of political prisoner

MEPs address Kazakhstani authorities on political prisoners and EU- Kazakhstan PCA

28 November 2017

On November 13, 2017, MEPs submitted two written questions to the EU VP/HR on the politically motivated prosecutions taking place in Kazakhstan. This comes after MEPs, on October 19, addressed letters to the Kazakhstani state authorities, demanding the release of several political prisoners

The Council of Europe should not turn a blind eye to despotic actions of Kazakhstani dictator

7 November 2017

On 12 October, 2017 the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy adopted a report by Axel Fischer (Germany, EPP/CD) “The relations of the Council of Europe with Kazakhstan

Ukraine is in haste to transfer Zhanara Akhmetova to Kazakhstan

1 November 2017

Kazakhstani opposition journalist Zhanara Akhmetova was detained in Kiev on 21 October 2017 with gross violations of the Ukrainian legislation. On 24 October 2017, the court ruled on her temporary arrest for 18 days. In protest against the decision, Akhmetova went on a hunger strike.

The ODF addresses the EP and PACE on human and civil rights in Kazakhstan, Moldova and Poland

19 October 2017

Between September and October, a delegation from the Open Dialogue Foundation visited the European Parliament and PACE to address the human rights situation and the issue of political prisoners in Moldova and Kazakhstan, as well as the recent violations of civil liberties in Poland.

ODF addresses the EP and PACE on human and civil rights in Kazakhstan, Moldova and Poland

19 October 2017

Between September and October, a delegation from the Open Dialogue Foundation visited the European Parliament and the PACE to address the human rights situation and the issue of political prisoners in Moldova and Kazakhstan, as well as the recent violations of civil liberties in Poland.

PACE: “Kazakhstan: political oppression, injustice and torture must be stopped”

13 October 2017

On 11 October, 2017, 26 Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) signed a written declaration calling for the immediate cessation of political oppression, injustice and torture in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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