Gazeta Wyborcza: France hands over the Kazakh
Tomasz Bielecki, in his article in Gazeta Wyborcza about the French court’s decision to extradite Ablyazov, compared the Kazakh to Khodorkovsky.
Bielecki pointed to appeals from Amnesty International, who has been calling for the extradition to be blocked, due to the risk that Russia may turn Ablyazov over to Kazakh authorities. Gazeta Wyborcza quotes Julie Hall of Amnesty International: “Not only do we have fears that Ablyazov would not get a fair trial in Russia or Ukraine, there is a real danger that he will eventually end up in Kazakhstan, where he will be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment”.
Bielecki writes: “Ablyazov is an example of a politician and oligarch whose power and wealth pose a threat to the authorities. At one time Mikhail Khodorkovsky was a similar political and financial threat to the Kremlin.”
In his article the journalist also refers to the cases of Ablyazov’s former associate - Alexander Pavlov - persecuted by the Kazakh regime, and illegal deportation of Alma Shalabayeva from Italy to Kazakhstan.
More about
-
07The list of Kazakh dissidents, their families and colleagues persecuted with the use of INTERPOL in the European Union in 2012-15
apr -
14France to extradite Ablyazov on Moscow's request. Mediapart about his case.
mar -
14France to extradite Ablyazov on Moscow's request. Mediapart about his case.
mar -
02Ingancio Sanchez Amor in defence of Ablyazov: Appeal to the French government
apr -
13Deputy Prosecutor General of the Kazakh Republic recalls the agreement with Russia concerning the handover of convicts
nov
Related galleries
-
Ablyazov’s memories: how he dropped out of school and got into business
-
Mukhtar Ablyazov with family
-
Mukhtar Ablyazov: Prison Camp Experience
-
A new chapter in Alma Shalabayeva’s hasty extradition story unfolds
-
The Italian television channel ‘TG1’ about the kidnapping of Ablyazov’s family members
Related Publications
- Human rights defenders write to Lithuanian authorities in support of Syrym Shalabayev (., 0 MB)
- The statement of human rights activists of Ukraine and Kazakhstan on the inadmissibility of the extradition of Syrym Shalabayev, a relative of a Kazakh opposition leader (.pdf, 0.88 MB)
- Amnesty International - France: Stop extradition of Kazakhstani opposition activist at risk of torture (.pdf, 0.18 MB)
- Amnesty International: Spain to extradite asylum seeker to risk of torture in Kazakhstan (.pdf, 0.14 MB)
- Amnesty: France - Stop extradition threatening Kazakhstani dissident with torture (.pdf, 0.18 MB)
