1/4 #Uralsk
Former political prisoner and civil activist Orynbay #OKHASOV talks about another (already the fifth) attempt on his life. #ActivistsNotExtremist
2/4 Today, on 26 January 2023, Orynbay OKHASOV went to court to support civil activists Marua #ESKENDIROVA and Amangeldy #URAZBAYEV. The trial was adjourned to 27 January 2023 at 15:00.
1/4 On 24 January 2023, a verdict was pronounced in a politically motivated criminal case under Article 405 Part 2 ("participation in an extremist organisation") against civil activist Murat #BAIDAULETOV.
2/4 He was unlawfully sentenced to 1 year of restriction of liberty, a 3-year ban on social and political activities and 100 hours of community service.
3/4 The "justification" for the political criminal case was a live broadcast on Facebook, where Murat #BAIDAULETOV expressed his thoughts, calls and demands:
3/4 In #Shymkent, police officers came to the mother of civil activist Gulzhan #MURATBAYEVA to find out her whereabouts. The authorities did not want the activists to "spoil" their picture of a hypocritical "day of remembrance for those killed in the January events".
On 29 December 2022, the local executive body (Akimat) of Uralsk city issued a refusal to hold a "Bloody January Remembrance Day" on 7 January 2023 in response to notifications from civil activists.
2/4 The topic: "Bloody January Remembrance Day" and freedom for political prisoners.
Reason for politically motivated refusal: provision of incomplete data.
3/4 This is the seventh refusal to hold a "Bloody January Remembrance Day" on 7 January 2023 (5 in #Astana, 1 in #Almaty and 1 in #Uralsk).
Political persecution on the "Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Bloody January", announced by the organizing committee for the creation of the opposition party "Alga #Kazakhstan" on January 7, 2023.
2/4 At 11 o'clock in the afternoon, a civil activist, a member of the organizing committee of the opposition party "Alga Kazakhstan" Aset #Abishev, was illegally detained. He was held at the #Zhetysu District Police Department for more than 3 hours.
1/4 On January 7, 2023, on the "Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Bloody January", the organizing committee for the creation of the opposition party "Alga #Kazakhstan" announced a commemoration. But the commemoration places were closed,
2/4 there were fences and a lot of police around. Civil activists were not allowed out of their homes. If they left the house, they were seized and held by the police for several hours. For civil society is prohibited: Freedom of speech, freedom of movement,
3/4 commemorate the dead, go to rallies. Here it is "New Kazakhstan". Here it is Tokaev's lie.
We demand an international investigation into the January events.
1/5 3 November 2022.#Zhanaozen
Civil activist Zhadyra #DOSEKEYEVA went on a single-person picket demanding the release of political prisoner Yerkin #KAZIYEV and to stop political persecution.
2/5 The Prosecutor's office, Akimat (local executive body) and police officers were involved in trying to convince Zhadyra DOSEKEYEVA that she was allegedly breaking the law. She has a constitutional right to participate in peaceful protests and pickets.
3/5 Police officers arbitrarily and rudely detained Zhadyra DOSEKEYEVA (her hands were twisted) and took her to the police department. An administrative trial was held for allegedly "violating the law on peaceful assembly".