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Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns
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- 19.08.2019
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- Kazakhstan
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State tightens grip on protest rights in Kazakhstan
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- 09.11.2016
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- prevention of protest
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- bureaucratic restriction
Pre-emptive arrests curtail peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan
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- 20.07.2016
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
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Special series on threats to civic space in Kazakhstan - Part 1: Association
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- 03.02.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- religious groups
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- labour rights
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SPECIAL SERIES ON THREATS TO CIVIC SPACE IN KAZAKHSTAN - PART 3: PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY
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- 22.02.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- protest disruption
- labour rights
- time,place restrictions
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- protest
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Special series on threats to civic space in Kazakhstan - Part 2: Expression
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- 14.02.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- intimidation
- attack on journalist
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- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
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- access to info. law
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New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation
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- 06.04.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- intimidation
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Justice advocates and government critics continue to feel the heat in Kazakhstan
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- 12.06.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- time,place restrictions
- journalist detained
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Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight
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- 01.08.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- religious groups
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- restrictive law
- HRD acquitted
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- HRD prosecuted
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UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations
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- 19.09.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- women
- protest disruption
- protest
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Kazakhstan: Problematic draft laws and politically-motivated imprisonments
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- 27.11.2017
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- religious groups
- release of HRDs
- negative court ruling
- labour rights
- restrictive law
- time,place restrictions
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Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms
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- 31.01.2018
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- CSO closure
- labour rights
- protest
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
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- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
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Kazakhstan: State vilifies opposition movement and its alleged supporters as “extremists”
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- 03.04.2018
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- women
- labour rights
- protest
- public vilification
- prevention of protest
- extractive industries
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- bureaucratic restriction
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- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- private sector
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Kazakhstan: Closure of independent media and peaceful protests hampered
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- 12.07.2018
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- censorship
- harassment
- women
- prevention of protest
- religious groups
- intimidation
- restrictive law
- internet restriction
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
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Kazakhstan: Rapid shrinking of civic space and freedoms
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- 17.10.2018
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- negative court ruling
- criminal defamation
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- positive court ruling
- attack on HRD
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- non state actors
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Kazakhstan: A tightening grip on civil society: ongoing persecution of activists across the country
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- 23.12.2019
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- refusal of registration
- criminal defamation
- protest
- prevention of protest
- HRD acquitted
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- protest disruption
- women
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Kazakhstan: Civil society activists intimidated, harassed and imprisoned
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- 07.02.2020
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- Kazakhstan
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- refusal of registration
- protest
- protest disruption
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- journalist detained
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- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
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Changes ahead or status quo? Presidential promises amidst ongoing prosecution of political activists
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- 24.03.2020
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- journalist detained
- criminal defamation
- HRD detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- protest disruption
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Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue
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- 20.05.2020
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- Kazakhstan
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- Latest Developments
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- protest
- excessive force
- protestor(s) detained
- prevention of protest
- political interference
- censorship
- HRD threatened
- women
- restrictive law
- protest disruption
- office raid
- intimidation
- minority groups
- journalist detained
- release of HRDs
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD killing
- negative court ruling
- HRD prosecuted