Tag: Bakhyt Tumenova

The Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) was the largest opposition movement in Kazakhstan of the past 25 years. The story of the DCK serves as a perfect illustration of the core issues of the Kazakh authoritarian regime.

Against the backdrop of the closure of independent media and the oppression of journalists, the ‘Amansaulyk’ foundation and a film production centre ‘Rakurs’, despite their small budgets, were among the few organisations which supported the work of human rights defenders and independent journalists

Following the conviction of the leader of Kazakh democratic opposition, Vladimir Kozlov, in Kazakhstan, oppression of civil society activists has begun.