Tag: Kazakhstan

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.

MEP Piotr Borys, who visited Zhanaozen, stated that the town’s residents are afraid to speak openly.

[20:08:20] Interlexica: As a result of this leaflet, the editor-in-chief and the journalists of Kazakhstan may be incarcerated for seven years

Action carried out in Berlin in support of civic activists in Kazakhstan on February 7, 2012.

The National Security Committee of Kazakhstan commits acts that bear signs of a planned operation aimed at blocking the work of the regional offices of the ‘Alga!’ party.

The Ukrainian journalistic movement ‘Stop Censorship!’ strongly condemns the oppression that the Kazakh authorities have subjected independent journalists to.

Parliamentary elections 2012 in Kazakhstan: results and trends.

Parliamentary elections 2012 in Kazakhstan: results and trends.

Confiscation of computers and other office equipment by the workers of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan began in the office of the ‘Golos Respubliki’ newspaper in Almaty.

11.05.2011 – Beginning of the strike of the workers of the following oil extraction and production companies: ‘OzenMunayGaz’, ‘Karazhanbasmunay’ (investor from China), ‘Ersai Caspian Contractor’ (Italian ENI holding).

A Russian Reporter comments on the mood of the people of the Mangistau Province: “The anti-Nazarbaev mood is, of course, very strong after his comments made on TV, regarding the events in Zhanaozen”.

Markus Löning, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, issued the following statement in Berlin.

Markus Löning, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid, issued the following statement in Berlin.