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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