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Alexander Pavlov was on the verge of freedom
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julThe case of Alexander Pavlov, the Kazakh opposition’s associate currently imprisoned in Spain, was close to reaching a positive outcome.
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Mukhtar Ablyazov: ‘‘They want to kill me”
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junAblyazov, whose extradition proceedings are taking place in France, is currently being held in custody in Corbas, an area not far from Lyon. The dissident openly states that he has been receiving indications that he might be killed in custody.
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The consent to participation of Ukraine and Russia in Mukhtar Ablyazov’s trial
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junOn Tuesday, 3 June, the Appellate Court in Lyon approved the participation of representatives of Ukraine and Russia in the extradition hearing of Kazakh dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov.
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Court Decision in June on Russia and Ukraine’s Participation in Ablyazov’s Trial
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mayITAR-TASS agency reports that the court of appeal in Lyon confirmed that it would take a decision, on 3rd June 2014, on the right of representatives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine to attend and appear while the case of the Kazakh dissident Mukhtar Ablyazov is being heard.
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Statement by defence lawyers representing Mukhtar Ablyazov following the decision by the Court of Cassation overturning both extradition rulings
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aprMukhtar Ablyazov’s defence team is celebrating the decisions delivered on 9 April 2014 by the Cassation Court – the highest French national court – which overturned the decisions rendered by the judges in Aix-en-Provence.
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Pavlov’s lawyers in their letter to Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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marOn March 5 Alexander Pavlov’s lawyers filed a complaint with the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the actions of the Kazakh Ambassador to Spain, Bakyt Dyussenbayev.
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Spanish authorities secretly agree to extradite Pavlov to Kazakhstan. Spanish court temporarily suspended the extradition amid pending asylum procedure
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febAccording to the information received by Open Dialog Foundation, the Spanish government secretly issued a decree, allowing the extradition of Aleksandr Pavlov to Kazakhstan, on 14 February 2014.
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Tatiana Paraskevich was granted international protection, but is still in custody due to the prosecutor’s suspicious persistence
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febTatiana Paraskevich, a former colleague of the opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov, is currently under international protection in the Czech Republic and cannot be rendered to Ukraine or the Russian Federation.
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Spanish government secretly issues decree to extradite asylum-seeker to Kazakhstan
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febAlexandr Pavlov, Former Bodyguard of Mukhtar Ablyazov, Faces Imminent Extradition; Decree Issued Secretly to Prevent Pavlov from Obtaining an Injunction from European Court to Stop Extradition.
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Half a year in custody
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janExactly half a year ago, on 31 July, 2013, Mukhtar Ablyazov was arrested by the French special forces in southern France, near Cannes.
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Ablyazov’s barristers file an appeal
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janThe barristers of the Kazakhstan dissident, Mukhtar Ablyazov filed an appeal on the court decision sanctioning Ablyazov’s extradition.
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Le Monde criticized the decision of the Court in Ablyazov case
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janLe Monde newspaper published, on 15 January 2014, an article by Piotr Smolar strongly criticizing the Instruction chamber of the Court of Appeal of Aix en Provence.
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In December 2016 Mukhtar Ablyazov’s extradition was refused, he was released from prison and granted a political refugee status in September 2020. Earlier, a number of his relatives and associates had been given international protection in various European countries. Thus, continuing to campaign for human rights in Kazakhstan and the rights of political refugees amongst them, we consider our mission largely fulfilled.
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