LATEST PRESS RELEASES
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France has refused to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia and Ukraine
Breaking news: France has refused to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov to Russia and Ukraine. The decision of the French Conseil d'Etat is final. He is going to leave the arrest after 3 years.
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Muratbek Ketebayev left Spain and went back to Poland. Spain rejected the Kazakh request for extradition
11.03.2015 Muratbek Ketebayev left Spain and went back to Poland, where since December 2013 he has a refugee status. It ended the procedure, through which the regime of Nursultan Nazarbayev tried to obtain Ketebayev’s extradition from Spain to Kazakhstan.
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Cassation court refuses to annul Ablyazov extradition decisions
Paris, March 4, 2015 — Today France’s Cassation Court refused to annul the October 2014 decisions of the Lyon Court of Appeal in favor of Kazakh dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov’s extradition to Russia or Ukraine.
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Will French justice finally acknowledge the political context of Ablyazov’s case?
Today, the Court of Appeal in Lyon held the main hearing in the extradition proceedings of Mukhtar Ablyazov, a long-time oppositionist of the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Since July 2013, Ablyazov has been remanded in custody.
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Urgent! Negative Internet Campaign against Mukhtar Ablyazov
According to the Open Dialog Foundation, an internet campaign has been launched against Mukhtar Ablyazov, the Kazakh dissident who is the chief opponent of Kazakhstan’s President, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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Aix-en-Provence court judges hit with complaint for criminal abuse of authority
Aix-en-Provence, July 10, 2014 — Lawyers of Kazakh political opponent Mukhtar Ablyazov have announced they are filing a criminal complaint against Aix-en-Provence judges who appear to have unlawfully conspired to approve his extradition to Russia or Ukraine.
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Italy recognises the refugee status of Alma Shalabayeva
The Territorial Commission for the Recognition of International Protection in Rome granted “the Status of Refugee in compliance with art. 1 of the Geneva Convention” to Alma Shalabayeva and her daughter, Alua.
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Tatiana Paraskevich released. She will not be extradited to Ukraine or Russia
Having rejected the previous extradition request by Ukraine, a Czech court ruled to release Tatiana Paraskevich from custody after 22 months’ incarceration.
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The case of Mukhtar Ablyazov and Alexandr Pavlov
On 7 November, the Appellate Court in Aix-en-Provence dedicated to the consider the Russian request to extradite Ablyazov along with the one presented by Ucraine.
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Kazakhstan is closer to the extradition of its political opponents from the EU
On 7 November, the Appellate Court in Aix-en-Provence dedicated to the consider the Russian request to extradite Ablyazov along with the one presented by Ukraine.
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Spain once again postpones the decision on Alexandr Pavlov's extradition
It is most likely that on 8 November, the Second Section the of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court in Madrid (Audiencia Nacional) will make the final decision of Alexandr Pavlov's extradition from Spain.
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Polish protests against the attack on free media and the internet in Kazakhstan
Yesterday’s announcement of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan with respect to the ban on two key opposition groups and approx. 40 independent media outlets for ’promoting extremism’ prompted stern reactions from observers of political processes in Kazakhstan and the media in Poland.
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Madrid court renders Kazakh oppositionist to dictatorship
On 22 July, 2013, the Madrid court, Audiencia Nacional ruled to extradite a dissident, Alexander Pavlov to Kazakhstan. He is facing up to ten years’ imprisonment and torture.
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Polish prosecutors: allegations against Muratbek Ketebayev likely to be politically motivated
Following an interrogation in the prosecutor’s office, the Kazakh opposition politician Muratbek Ketebayev has been released from police custody. The District Prosecutor's Office in Lublin found no grounds under which the arrest could be warranted.
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The Republic of Kazakhstan does not observe human rights
The persecution of political opponents and independent journalists, torture during interrogations, non-compliance with laws and corruption in the justice system – this was the situation observed by representatives of the Polish Bar Council.
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Why does Aliyev insinuate to Nazarbayev the financing of Kwaśniewski?
Rakhat Aliyev’s reports on the attempts to finance the campaign to the European Parliament, are an attempt to point out to Nazarbayev his failures in Brussels. Recent activities of MEPs served to support civil society in Kazakhstan and undermine the interests of the dictator.
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Let’s export democracy - ours is a good brand
Polish experience with democracy should be a product for export, as some products or services are. Such was the conclusion reached by members of the conference organised by the Open Dialog Foundation, held on the first anniversary of the Kazakh opposition leader, Vladimir Kozlov’s, arrest.
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Kazakhstan – publications in Poland
As the press office of the Foundation, we see great value in regularly informing the leaders of public opinion about the events in Kazakhstan.