Over the past several weeks, a number of independent non-profit civil society and human rights organizations have been "attacked" by the tax authorities, which attacks, we believe, are masterminded by the national security authorities. In all cases, the same...

Instead of the criminal article “Slander” transferred to the Code of Administrative Offenses in Kazakhstan, the journalists, bloggers and civil activists are now accused on alternative charges. On July 20, Danaya Kalieva and Marat Turymbetov were detained...

A briefing paper published by International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) highlights key points on how the COVID-19 pandemic was handled in Kazakhstan from...

The coronavirus outbreak was labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020. As of 22 June 2020, the WHO had reported cases of COVID-19 in more than 216 countries and more than 8,844,171 people infected worldwide. At this time,...

The international human rights instruments contain a number of provisions on reasonable restriction of individual rights and freedoms by the state with the aim of achieving a balance between the rights of a person and the interests of the society. The criteria...

STATEMENT by Mr ZHOVTIS, Chair of the Council of the Kazakhstan International Bureau on Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Co-Chair of the Working Group under the Human Dimension Dialogue Platform Consulting & Advisory Body under the Ministry of Foreign...

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...