Leader of the “Leave Peoples’ Homes alone” campaign and member of the Socialist Movement Kazakhstan, Larissa Boyar, social activist, Bakhytzhan Toregozhina, and artist Kanat Ibragimov have been released from prison after a 15 day sentence for organizing and participating in the national day of protest action at the end of April. Larissa, who just before [...]
May Day campaigning in Venezuela During the May Day celebrations in Venezuela we (Socialismo Revolucionario) organised two interventions in order to participate in both the government-organised march and the smaller separate march, organised by the national left trade union federation, the UNT. We had stalls and sold papers and other political material. We also [...]
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/23/kazakhstan-suspend-trial-investigate-torture-allegations
Press release of the Italian Campagna Kazakhstan start: COMUNICATO STAMPA Campagna di solidarietà internazionale coi lavoratori del settore petrolifero in Kazakhstan Anche in Italia le prime iniziative Da ormai quasi un anno i lavoratori del settore petrolifero in Kazakhstan sono in lotta contro il regime di Nazarbayev per chiedere migliori condizioni di lavoro e rispetto [...]
“Despite this ferocious oppression, the opposition and discontent of the working class cannot be silenced” Paul Murphy, European Parliament, Brussels, 9 May: “Mr President, since the brutal massacre of oil workers and their supporters in Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan, in December last year the human rights situation has worsened even further. Brutal repression and intimidation are being [...]
