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Amnesty International  Report 2012


The 2012 Annual Report on
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Kazakstan: Demand medical care for disabled prisoner: Zhasulan ...
19 December 2012

A wheelchair bound prisoner, Zhasulan Suleimenov, has been kept in solitary confinement in Kazakhstan for more than 11 months. He has been denied direct access ...

Urgent Action       EUR 57/006/2012

Kazakhstan must not muzzle media outlets | Amnesty International
22 November 2012

The Kazakhstani authorities must not use “extremism” as a pretext to muzzle freedom of the press.

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Kazakhstan's candidacy for election to the UN Human Rights Council ...
18 October 2012

In this open letter, Amnesty International urges the government of Kazakhstan to further strengthen its election pledges by including the additional elements listed ...

Open Letter       EUR 57/005/2012

Kazakhstan: Further information: Bolat Atabaev released
5 July 2012

Prisoner of conscience Bolat Atabaev was released on 3 July. The charges against him, including “inciting social discord”, have been dropped and he now has the ...

Urgent Action       EUR 57/004/2012

Kazakhstan: Public figure on trial for defending strikers: Bolat ...
21 June 2012

Prominent theatre director Bolat Atabaev, who has spoken out on behalf of striking oil workers in Kazakhstan, has been put on trial on trumped up charges. He is ...

Urgent Action       EUR 57/003/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Kazakhstan's failure to find truth about violent clashes
22 March 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. MEDIA ADVISORY. AI index: EUR 57/002/2012. 22 March 2012. Kazakhstan's failure to find truth about violent clashes. ...

PressItem       EUR 57/002/2012

Kazakhstan: Progress and nature of official investigations called ...
21 March 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 21 March 2012. AI Index: EUR 57/001/2012. KAZAKHSTAN: PROGRESS AND NATURE OF OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS ...

Public Statement       EUR 57/001/2012

Kazakhstan: Authorities urged to protect rights of protesting oil ...
22 July 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 57/004/2011. 22 July 2011. Kazakhstan: Authorities urged to protect rights of ...

Public Statement       EUR 57/004/2011

Kazakhstan: Ethnic Uzbeks at risk of torture if returned: Further ...
10 June 2011

Kazakhstan extradited 28 ethnic Uzbeks to Uzbekistan on 9 June 2011, where they are at real risk of torture. Four more ethnic Uzbek men are also at risk of forcible ...

Urgent Action       EUR 57/002/2011