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Release / Harassment
February 19, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in
Kazakhstan.
The Observatory has been informed about the release and continuing judicial harassment of
Max Bokayev, head of the NGO “Arlan”[1] and a human rights defender working for the protection of the environment, freedom of expression and the fight against torture[2].
On February 4, 2021, Max Bokayev was released from a penal colony in Atyrau, Western Kazakhstan, upon completion of his five-year sentence for his crucial role in organising peaceful protests that took place in April and May 2016 against the amendments to the Land Code of Kazakhstan[3]. President Nursultan Nazarbayev had subsequently imposed a moratorium on the amendments, yet Mr. Bokayev remained in prison. The Observatory recalls that t
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Kazakhstan: Withdrawal of charges against KIBHR and ILI Foundation
22/02/2021
Withdrawal of charges
February 22, 2021
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your intervention in the following situation in Kazakhstan. New information:
The Observatory has been informed about the withdrawal of the charges against the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law (KIBHR) and the International Legal Initiative (ILI Foundation), two FIDH member organisations working in Kazakhstan, which were prosecuted for alleged violations of financial reporting procedures.
On February 4, 2021, the representatives of the KIBHR, the ILI Foundation as well as four other NGOs [1] announced that all charges brought against them by the district office of the Almaty City Department of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the R