Trials of participants of January protests have ended in some cities of Kazakhstan, and have not even started in other cities. They are united mainly by tortures during the investigation and unfair legal proceedings. The most high-profile proceedings are likely...

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...

New restrictions for religious communities, numbers of believers subjected to administrative persecutions in 2021, yet another failure (“out of principle”) to comply with the resolution of a UN topical body, backdated penalties for those who had already...

Talking Points of at OSCE SHDM III PRE-EVENT “The OSCE at the Turning Point: Impulses from Civil Society for reshaping the Human Dimension” 18 July 2022, Vienna Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Apart from the human tragedies, tens of thousands of deaths,...

(The event which will take place on 11-12 July 2022 is organized by Freedom Now for United Nations Special Procedures and Missions of the UN member states, including the United Nations Human Rights Council) Ladies and gentlemen, Six months have passed...

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)...

Introduction  This is an update on developments affecting the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan from March to May 2022. It has been prepared by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International...

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...

(2022/2505(RSP)) The European Parliament, -  having regard to its resolution of 11 February 2021 on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan and its previous resolutions on Kazakhstan of 14 March 2019, 18 April 2013, 15 March 2012 and 17 September...

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...

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...