Parliamentary Vote on Draft Amendments ImminentLawmakers in Kazakhstan should reject a draft law with amendments that would ban “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation,” seven international human rights groups said today. The groups...

As representatives of Kazakhstan's independent civil society, we appeal to the institutions of the European Union and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) regarding the arrest of Kazakh citizen Anuar Bakibay. Bakibay is the assistant...

To the Prosecutor General of the Republic of KazakhstanB. N. Asylov To the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of KazakhstanA. Ye. Lastaev OPEN LETTER Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) On Sunday,...

To the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan B. N. Asylov To the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan A. E. Lastaev OPEN LETTER Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) On...

Recent developments in the management of asylum seekers in Kazakhstan have raised serious concerns among human rights defenders and international organisations. Specifically, considering accusations against the state institution "Department for Coordination...

International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of law (KIBHR) consider the seven-year prison sentence handed down to opposition party leader Marat Zhylanbaev to be a shocking illustration of...

Paris-Geneva, September 29, 2023 - The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) and FIDH’s member organisations, the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, ILI Foundation, and the Norwegian Helsinki...

International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and its partners draw attention to the widening attack on civic space and freedoms seen in Central Asia at a time of increasing international interest in the region and an increasing number of high-level meetings...

The southern capital greeted International Women's Day with rallies: three actions were held in different districts. At the same time, the city authorities abandoned the traditional cultural festivities. The first little rally was held with the active support...

The Kazakhstan NGO Working Group on Child Rights Protection, which has for 20 years defended and promoted the rights and interests of the child, was outraged by the conduct of the Almaty police officers who roughly detained a man together with his 4-year-old...

Today, 26 June, is the United Nations (UN) International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. On this day, the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA, Uzbekistan, based in exile in...

In this note, Kazakhstani non-commercial organizations (NCOs) hereby express their concerns related to proposed legislation in Kazakhstan that is contrary to international standards on preventing the abuse of NCOs for financing terrorism and contravenes human...

1. Introduction The Open Dialog Foundation welcomes the initiative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on consultations regarding the creation of a favourable space for civil society activities and the development of a report with practical recommendations...