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Jan 11 2022 9:31pm
Kazakhstan protests - 'crisis is far from over'
Almost 10,000 have been arrested since protests began Authorities ...
Jan 7 2022 3:01pm
Kazakhstan: president's 'fire without warning' announcement is recipe for disaster
Thousands reportedly in detention amid fears of large death toll Ru...
Jan 5 2022 4:39pm
Kazakhstan: repressive response to mass fuel protests condemned
Mass protests triggered over rapidly increasing prices for liquefied p...
Jun 25 2020 2:24pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Activist sentenced to “restricted freedom”
On 22 June, Alnur Ilyashev, a Kazakhstani political and human rights a...
Apr 29 2020 9:42am
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Governments must stop abusing emergency powers during COVID-19 pandemic
Governments in the region routinely resort to repressive measures to s...
Sep 3 2019 2:16pm
Urgent Action Update: Human rights defender facing bogus charges
Human rights defender Serikzhan Bilash is facing charges of “incitemen...
Aug 29 2019 2:22pm
Urgent Action Outcome: Human rights defender released with conditions
After more than five months of detention, prisoner of conscience Serik...
Apr 10 2019 3:38pm
Urgent Action: Human rights defender under house arrest
Human rights defender Serikzhan Bilash has been under house arrest sin...
Oct 12 2018 12:49pm
Kazakhstan: thousands with intellectual disabilities denied basic rights - new report
At least 16,000 people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities...
Aug 28 2018 11:57am
Urgent Action: Prisoner at risk of losing eyesight in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani activist and blogger Muratbek Tungishbayev risks losing si...