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...

The NGO Coalition against Torture in Kazakhstan considers that the Opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, issued on 25 October 2022 in relation to Mr Karim Massimov, former Chairman of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, is considerate...

2022, A Year of Bloodshed - Torture, Police Brutality and the Lack of Accountability in Central Asia: NGO briefin On 4 October 2022, as part of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2022, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR), World Organisation...

In August 2022, the first case involving law enforcement officers charged with using torture against individuals detained during and after the January 2022 events began in the city of Taldykorgan in Kazakhstan. International Partnership for Human...

Civil society groups call on Kazakhstan to establish a fully independent investigation into the January 2022 events Six months after the deaths of over 240 people and hundreds were allegedly subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, there has been no...

Five months after hundreds of people were subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment in connection with mass protests that swept through Kazakhstan in January 2022, victims and their families have not obtained justice. On the United Nations (UN)...

The Kazakhstani authorities should stop persecuting opposition leader Zhanbolat Mamai because of his peaceful political engagement, said International Partnership for Human Rights, Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, the Helsinki...

As of 17 May 2022, the Coalition has registered 164 reports of torture and other ill-treatment. Of these (in descending order), 44 came from Taldykorgan, 41 from Almaty, 18 from East Kazakhstan Oblast, 13 from Taraz, 11 from Kyzylorda, 9 from Atyrau, 7 from...

The Kazakhstani NGO Coalition against Torture (The Coalition) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) are concerned that investigations into allegations of torture and ill-treatment of those targeted and detained in connection with the mass protests...

As of 11 March 2022, the Kazakhstan NGO Coalition against Torture has received 138 reports of torture and other ill-treatment cases. Of these (in descending order), 37 came from Taldykorgan, Almaty – 31, East Kazakhstan Oblast - 14, Taraz - 14, Atyrau -...

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...