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Mukhtar Ablyazov
Mukhtar Ablyazov – Kazakh opposition politician, businessman, political refugee. His business started growing following the collapse of the USSR. In 1997, Ablyazov started working in the public sector. In 1998-1999, he held the post of the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He resigned, stating that the regime of president Nazarbayev was making systemic reforms impossible to carry out.
In 2001, Mukhtar Ablyazov become one of the founders of an influential opposition movement u0027Democratic Choice of Kazakhstanu0027. Following a conflict with president Nazarbayev, he ended up in prison, charged with u0027abuse of poweru0027.
In 2003, under pressure from the international community, Nazarbayev freed Ablyazov. In 2005, Mukhtar Ablyazov became the head of the Kazakhstani BTA Bank, in which he was also the majority shareholder. He continued to support financially the political opposition, which led to another conflict with Nazarbayev. In 2009, the BTA Bank was forcibly nationalised, and Ablyazov and his colleagues faced charges of financial fraud.In 2011, Ablyazov received political asylum status in Great Britain. The Nationalised BTA Bank has, in the meantime, become one of the Kazakhstani authoritiesu0027 tools of persecution of Ablyazov.
A correspondence of Kazakh officials leaked through an online portal kazaword.wordpress.com confirmed that the criminal case against Ablyazov is fabricated. Kazakhstan has been corrupting and exercising political pressure on Ukraine and Russia within the case against Mukhtar Ablyazov and his former colleagues (in particular Tatiana Paraskevich and Artur Trofimov).
International organisations active in defending human rights and over 60 Members of the European Parliament have on numerous occasions underlined the political character of Ablyazovu0027s case. Many of his former colleagues and family members have received political asylum and additional international protection in Great Britain, Poland, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, USA and in Lithuania.
Check: Prominent Russian human rights activists сalled for preventing the extradition of Mukhtar Ablyazov
More information can be found at: mukhtarablyazov.org.
Publications
- Iskander Yerimbetov, one of the defendants in the case of Ablyazov, is being subjected to torture in the detention centre
- Spies, lies and the oligarch: inside London’s booming secrets industry
- Kazakhstan: The life of political prisoner Mukhtar Dzhakishev is in danger
- The Extradition of Yerzhan Kadesov: Kazakhstani authorities received another hostage
- The Report: The case of Muratkhan Tokmadi
- Report: Hungary at the service of the Kazakhstani dictator?
- Urgent: Hungary is at the service of the Kazakhstani dictator? Let’s stop the extradition of Yerzhan Kadesov
- Members of the European Parliament appeal to Interpol to stop political prosecution of Kazakh dissidents and activists
- Open Dialog Foundation: Response to the defamatory campaign by alleged “indipendent” Kazakh NGO
News
- DCK leader Mukhtar Ablyazov receives political asylum in France
- Statement of the Open Dialog Foundation of 15 June 2018 with regard to the defamation campaign against the Foundation
- Iskander Yerimbetov, one of the defendants in the case of Ablyazov, is being subjected to torture in the detention centre
- PACE: “Kazakhstan: political oppression, injustice and torture must be stopped”
- Spies, lies and the oligarch: inside London’s booming secrets industry
- Kazakhstan: The life of political prisoner Mukhtar Dzhakishev is in danger
- The Report: The case of Muratkhan Tokmadi
- The ODF discussed abusive use of INTERPOL’s Red Notices at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Journalist Zhanbolat Mamay was beaten in Kazakhstani detention centre
Media
- “L’Opinione: Don’t let INTERPOL be an instrument of the authoritarian regimes”
- K. Savchenko’s interview about harassment of civil society in Kazakhstan
- Anna Koj on the presidential elections in Kazakhstan
- Petro Okhotin on the need to reform Interpol
- Gazeta.pl: Protest in front of Kazakh Embassy
- NGO.pl: Alexandr Pavlov was one step away from freedom