Tag: Kazakhstan

Ekaterina Kuramshina – the wife of the well-known Kazakh advocate and defender of human rights Vadim Kuramshin – has published a statement addressed, amongst others, to the Open Dialogue Foundation.

The criminal case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev was politically motivated and was carried out in gross violation of the fair trial standards. Kazakh authorities did not permit Swiss doctors from the World Organization against Torture to examine him.

The Kazakh authorities should heed calls for greater protection of freedom of expression made by several states during today’s review of its human rights record, PEN International said today.

On Thursday, 30 October 2014, the Polish MEP Kosma Złotowski, a member of the EURONEST Eastern Partnership Parliamentary Assembly, has written to French, Ukrainian and Polish governmental representatives on the case of Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh oppositionist and the main political opponent of the P

Since Kazakhstan’s last Universal Periodic Review, the situation regarding human rights has deteriorated. Kazakhstan’s government has failed to implement many of the reform commitments to which it agreed.

Tatiana Paraskevich, a former colleague of Kazakh opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov and one of the most important witnesses in his case, has international protection in the Czech Republic and will not be rendered to Ukraine or Russia.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has prepared a written declaration on Kazakhstani dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov, which has so far been signed by eight members of the organisation, including the chairman of the Bundestag’s human rights committee Frank Schwabe, Pieter Omtzigt, Mailis Reps and Kimmo Sasi. In the written declaration, the signatories […]

On October 7th, Le Monde published the findings of a journalistic investigation conducted by Gerard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme in its article entitled ‘Sale of helicopters to Kazakhstan: investigation reaching Sarkozy’s circles’. This has the hallmarks of a massive scandal, one likely to encompass Sar

On the occasion of the visit of the Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev to Brussels, the Open Dialogue Foundation organised a manifestation in protest against human rights violations.

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.

On 9 October 2014 in Brussels, the Open Dialogue Foundation organized a protest against human and civil rights violations in Kazakhstan. On that day the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited Brussels upon the conclusion of the negotiations of the new enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreem

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?”.

Askar Aidarkhan – son of the incarcerated poet and civil activist, Aron Atabek, and Ekaterina Kuramshina – the wife of Vadim Kuramshin, human rights activist sentenced to 12 years of imprisonment, met in Warsaw with Polish MPs in late September and early October.

Following the refusal to transfer Vladimir Kozlov to a penal colony with less stringent conditions, pressure exerted on him by the administration of the colony has increased.