Tag: Kazakhstan

It was reported that on the 30th of March, 2012 an administrative case was initiated against Lyudmila Gorbenko

The case on persecution

In early March 2012 the international community placed high expectations on Kazakhstan. But the situation began to change dramatically after the prominent opposition leaders

NHC: ‘Opposition Alga party leader Vladimir Kozlov is still imprisoned along with several labour activists from Western Kazakhstan, and there are still limitations on the freedom of assembly and of expression.’

The case on persecution

Piotr Borys: EP will be appeal to the authorities of Kazakhstan regarding the matters of democratisation of the country.

The full text

Editor of the Kazakhstani opposition newspaper “Vzglyad,” was given amnesty and released from the Committee of National Security’s detention center

Meeting took place in Brussels

The Open Dialogue Foundation has noted that the continuation of rights violations against the detained opposition activists, as well as the lack of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in Kazakhstan.

The Open Dialogue Foundation has noted that the continuation of rights violations against the detained opposition activists, as well as the lack of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech in Kazakhstan.

An apprehension and ridiculous charges filed against the editor-in-chief of the ‘Vzlgyad’ newspaper put him in one group with the most famous ‘prisoners of conscience’.

The document itself is called «Arrêtez le carnage», which means “Stop the massacre”

An interview with Piotr Borys, MEP, after his return from Almaty and Zhanaozen, where mass riots took place in December

The beginning of 2012 was marked by arrests of journalists of opposition newspapers and social activists.