Reinforced authoritarianism – sentencing of opposition activists, surveillance of citizens Published at 01.02.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: travel ban HRD detained labour rights protestor(s) detained prevention of protest censorship surveillance journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Kazakhstan: Change of power and marred elections, protests and crackdowns Published at 19.08.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: internet restriction protest disruption surveillance intimidation protest prevention of protest harassment labour rights HRD detained refusal of registration time,place restrictions LGBTI journalist detained non state actors censorship attack on journalist protestor(s) detained excessive force women positive court ruling criminal defamation youth Read more
State tightens grip on protest rights in Kazakhstan Published at 09.11.2016 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: prevention of protest protest disruption intimidation bureaucratic restriction Read more
Pre-emptive arrests curtail peaceful assembly in Kazakhstan Published at 20.07.2016 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on journalist HRD detained criminal defamation internet restriction prevention of protest Read more
Special series on threats to civic space in Kazakhstan - Part 1: Association Published at 03.02.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups bureaucratic restriction labour rights Read more
SPECIAL SERIES ON THREATS TO CIVIC SPACE IN KAZAKHSTAN - PART 3: PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY Published at 22.02.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption labour rights time,place restrictions HRD detained excessive force protest Read more
Special series on threats to civic space in Kazakhstan - Part 2: Expression Published at 14.02.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling criminal defamation bureaucratic restriction censorship access to info. law Read more
New constitutional amendments - a false hope for democratisation Published at 06.04.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights torture/ill-treatment bureaucratic restriction office raid religious groups Read more
Justice advocates and government critics continue to feel the heat in Kazakhstan Published at 12.06.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on journalist HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation prevention of protest time,place restrictions journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Litany of abuses continues, even under Expo-2017 spotlight Published at 01.08.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: religious groups intimidation HRD detained torture/ill-treatment labour rights internet restriction restrictive law HRD acquitted censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
UN decisions set important precedents in view of unrelenting rights violations Published at 19.09.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women protest disruption protest criminal defamation internet restriction restrictive law protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Kazakhstan: Problematic draft laws and politically-motivated imprisonments Published at 27.11.2017 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption religious groups release of HRDs negative court ruling labour rights restrictive law time,place restrictions Read more
Kazakhstan: Strikes, arrests and fears of new restrictions on fundamental freedoms Published at 31.01.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: CSO closure labour rights protest internet restriction prevention of protest extractive industries restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Kazakhstan: State vilifies opposition movement and its alleged supporters as “extremists” Published at 03.04.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: women labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest extractive industries political interference restrictive law bureaucratic restriction censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted private sector Read more
Kazakhstan: Closure of independent media and peaceful protests hampered Published at 12.07.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship harassment women prevention of protest religious groups intimidation restrictive law internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Kazakhstan: Rapid shrinking of civic space and freedoms Published at 17.10.2018 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: 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 Read more
Kazakhstan: A tightening grip on civil society: ongoing persecution of activists across the country Published at 23.12.2019 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: 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 Read more
Kazakhstan: Civil society activists intimidated, harassed and imprisoned Published at 07.02.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: refusal of registration protest protest disruption attack on HRD intimidation harassment journalist detained surveillance HRD detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Changes ahead or status quo? Presidential promises amidst ongoing prosecution of political activists Published at 24.03.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: journalist detained criminal defamation HRD detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted protest disruption protest Read more
Systematic persecution of CSO activists; attacks on freedom of expression and assembly continue Published at 20.05.2020 Country Kazakhstan Category Latest Developments Tags: 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 Read more
