The arrest of Alexander Pavlov
On 11 December, 2012, Alexandr Pavlov, the former head of security for the Kazakh human rights defender Mukhtar Ablyazov, was arrested in Madrid under an Interpol ‘red notice’ of 23 May, 2012. The authorities of Kazakhstan accused Pavlov of embezzlement of entrusted property.
The arrest is associated with the actions of the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan who, on 23 March, 2012, issued a press release in which it reported on the prevention of acts of terrorism by intelligence agencies of Kazakhstan in Almaty. In violation of the presumption of innocence (Article 19, paragraph 4 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan), Alexandr Pavlov and Kazakh opposition leaders Mukhtar Ablyazov and Muratbek Ketebayev were immediately declared the organisers of the violent crime. The evidence base of the case has a very dubious nature.
On 12 December, Alexandr Pavlov appeared in court (Central Investigation Court No. 6), which ruled he be detained pending receipt of the official request by Kazakhstan for his extradition.
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