According to Berik Zhagiparov, Chief Editor of the ‘Youth Paper’ in Zhenkazgan city, a strike by miners at KazakhMys ended on 7 May in a complete victory for the workers, who won a pay increase of over 100%! Zhagiparov, along with the workers at KazakhMys, recently joined the Zhanartu independent trade union. The London-based company [...]
On the morning of Wednesday, 2 May, Campaign Kazakhstan protesters picketed the Kazakhstan embassy in London as it reopened after the May Day holiday. The picket demanded the immediate release of the Kazakhstan opposition activists – Larissa Boyer, Baxatjan Torevozhina and Kanat Ibragimov – along with an end to all harassment and repression against ‘dissenters’. [...]
Oil workers trial in Zhanaozen reveals use of torture and threats to cajole witnesses The trial of Vadim Kuramshin has again been suspended until 9 May. This follows the application by Vadim’s lawyer to remove Judge Samat Nurkeevich Tolesbai from the case. The judge refused the press the right to use recording devices in the [...]
Urgent solidarity needed! Following the preliminary hearing, during which the judge turned a blind eye to numerous breaches of legal procedure, the trial of Vadim Kuramshin has been resumed today, 2 May. If found guilty, Vadim faces between seven and fifteen years in prison on trumped up charges of extortion lodged in revenge for his [...]
Vicious attack on democratic rights and freedoms! Protest now by sending a letter with your own address along the lines of the one below to the following: Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan on email: Gp-rk@prokuror.kz Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan on email: oraz-n@mvd.kz, press_centr@mvd.kz Justice Ministry of the [...]
