1/3 Monitoring of preventive political persecutions ahead of the announced peaceful protests on 1 May 2024. Lord Vernon Coaker George Foulkes Paul Gavan Andrej Hunko

1/2 On 2 July 2024, at 3:00 a.m., Aydos Sadykov, a Kazakh opposition journalist, died at 3:00 a.m. after 13 days of attempted murder in Kiev. We express our condolences to the family and relatives of Aidos Sadykov. Paris Match dpa Reuters Efe

1/4 On July 2, 2024, in the city of Kyiv, Kazakh opposition #journalist Aidos #Sadykov, founder of the YouTube channel “БӘСЕ”, died in intensive care at 3 a.m. “My beloved husband, father of our three children, great son of the #Kazakh people. Aidos gave his life for #Kazakhstan

1/5 June 4, 2024 #Almaty Civil activists gathered near the #Holodomor memorial in #Almaty's Karagayli Park and planned to lay flowers in honor of opposition #journalist Aidos #Sadykov, who died in #Ukraine. Human Rights Watch Freedom House #ActivistsNotExtremists

1/6 On 12 July 2024, defence attorney Meirzhan #DOSKARAYEV visited his client - political prisoner Marat #ZHYLANBAYEV in the penal colony in #Stepnogorsk. #ActivistsNotExtremists

1/4 10 July 2024 #Kyzylorda Civil activists Gulnaz #SERIKBAYEVA and Ydyrys #BEKMAGAMBETOV came to the Police Department to find out the whereabouts of ethnic #Kazakh from China Caster #MUSAKHANULY. Stanislav Anastassov Irene Charalambides Peter Juel Jensen Lindsey Graham

Just like #Nazarbayev, the president of #Kazakhstan, #Tokayev continues to persecute opponents of the regime and dissidents both within the country and abroad. The regime employs various methods of #TransnationalRepression to target political opponents overseas. In my case, the

1/5 On August 1, 2024, the leader of the unregistered #Atajurt party, Bekzat #Maksutkhan, and civil activist Abzal #Dostiyar were detained. Bekzat Maksutkhan was arrested for 10 days under Article 488 Part 6 of the Administrative Code “violation of legislation Human Rights Watch Freedom House

1/3 Dear friends and subscribers, We are kindly requesting your help in paying the politically motivated fine of #humanrights defender from #Petropavlovsk Sergey #IZMAILOV. Human Rights Watch Freedom House United Nations Geneva UN Human Rights Asia #ActivistsNotExtremists #Kazakhstanprotests

1/3 In #Kokshetau, a trial is underway against 12 employees of the #Atbasar correctional colony. The main defendant and victim is Timur #Danebaev. He is a civil activist who was tortured by the colony employees. Human Rights Watch Freedom House Amnesty International #ActivistsNotExtremists #torture

September 2 marked 200 days since Karakalpak human rights defender Aqylbek Muratbai has been in pre-trial detention in #Kazakhstan. Authorities arrested him at the request of #Uzbekistani authorities, who are prosecuting him for shedding the light on human rights abuses in

1/6 AMANGELDY #ZHAHIN: #TOKAYEV IS OBSTACLE TO THE STOP-NPP MOVEMENT! On September 4, 2024, in #Astana at 12:00, we, representatives of the STOP-NPP movement, were supposed to hold a press conference in connection with the creation of the STOP-NPP movement against the decision

1/8 TWO YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS LATER On September 2, 2024, the #Karasai District Court of the #Almaty Region began preliminary hearings on the case of torture in the special detention center of the village of #Koshmambet in January 2022. Human Rights Watch Freedom House OSCE

1/9 NOT A SINGLE PERSON IN #KAZAKHSTAN CAN FEEL SAFE! On September 10, 2024, the trial of civil activist Asanali #Suyubaev, accused under Article 297 ("illegal storage and distribution of narcotic substances"), ended. The unceremonious trial passed quickly, one might say swiftly.

1/9 On 17 September 2024, at 15:00, in the inter-district criminal court of #Astana a court hearing in the politically motivated case under Article 297 Part 1 ("illegal acquisition, storage for the purpose of sale and sale of narcotic substances" -hashish) #ActivistsNotExtremists

1/4 October 16, 2024 #Zhanaozen Political persecution of civil activist and mother of many children from Zhanaozen Zhadyra #Dosekeyeva. On October 16, 2024, at 16:00, she was summoned to the police as part of a politically motivated criminal case. #ActivistsNotExtremists Human Rights Watch

1/5 October 23, 2024 #Astana On October 22, 2024, the wife of political prisoner and #humanrights activist Aidar #Syzdykov, Aigul #Tokpayeva, visited Aidar Syzdykov in the pre-trial detention center. Human Rights Watch Freedom House Amnesty International #ActivistsNotExtremists #torture

1/5 10/31/2024 #Kokshetau On October 29, 2024, Aigul #Tokpayeva, the wife of political prisoner Aidar #Syzdykov, reported that on the evening of October 28, Aidar was transferred to Kokshetau to Institution No. 65 without waiting for the appeal court. Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Sandra Kalniete

1/4 November 1, 2024 #Astana The wife of political prisoner Aidar #Syzdykov, Aigul #Tokpayeva, reported that Aidar Syzdykov was transferred from the Astana pretrial detention center to Kokshetau, #ActivistsNotExtremists René Aust Μ. Κεφαλογιάννης Susanna Ceccardi @MEP_Ehler

1/5 November 11, 2024 #Astana The lawyer of civil activist Lyazzat #Anaphina, Meirzhan #Doskarayev, reported that on November 6, 2024, Anaphina Lyazzat was detained. On the same day, November 6, a court hearing was held, Human Rights Watch Freedom House World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) #ActivistsNotExtremists