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Freedom House Press Release: Kazakhstan Fails to Follow Due Process in Case against Human Rights Activist

 

 

 

Washington - April 26, 2010 - Freedom House is dismayed with the Kazakhstani Supreme Court’s decision not to re-consider the case of prominent human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis. 

 
OSCE 2010 Monograph

"OSCE 2010," a coalition of leading Kazakhstani NGOs, has published a monograph detailing the commitments Kazakhstan had promised to fulfill during its 2010 OSCE chairmanship and its current status in fulfilling them.  While the monograph itself was written before Kazakhstan assumed its position as chairman, the coalition's recommendations and insights still remain pertinent.  To read the full text of the monograph, please click here.

 
Yevgeniy Zhovtis Releases Statement from Prison

Yevgeniy Zhovtis, the imprisoned director of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, wrote a statement about the future of the OSCE's human dimension basket, which was read aloud at Freedom House's event "Kazakhstan and the OSCE Chairmanship" on 29 September 2009 during the OSCE's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting.  To read an English version of the statement (translated by Jeff Goldstein), please click here.  To read the original Russian, please  

Freedom House and Coalition OSCE 2010
Freedom House and Coalition OSCE 2010, which groups some of Kazakhstan’s best policy and human rights NGOs, have prepared a  detailed analysis of the steps Kazakhstani authorities have taken to fulfill the commitments they made to their fellow OSCE participating states to implement domestic reforms prior to assuming the OSCE Chairmanship in 2010. 
 
The report concludes that these steps have been inadequate, but that there is still time for the government of Kazakhstan to implement additional reforms in order to truly fulfill its commitments and bring Kazakhstani law in key areas into line with the country’s OSCE commitments. 
 
 
Kazakhstani NGO Updates

Read updates prepared by a coalition of leading Kazakhstani NGOs on key human rights developments in Kazakhstan so far in 2009. Reports cover: Freedom of the Media; Internet Freedom; Attacks on the Newspaper Alma Ata-Info; Attacks on the Newspaper Taszhargan; Freedom of Religion; Freedom of Assembly; and Attacks on the Opposition Party “Alga.”
 
For more information about Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship for 2009, do not forget to visit the "OSCE Monitor"'s archives, as well as Freedom House's press releases on the subject (on the left-hand side of the page). 
 
 
 
Partners’ Analyses

Since early 2008, Freedom House has worked with a coalition of leading Kazakhstani NGOs to monitor the Kazakhstani government’s fulfillment of its Madrid reform commitments and basic obligations as an OSCE participating State. View our partners’ analyses and recommendations.