Through the law firm ‘Ilyashev and Partners, the Kazakh party submitted to Ukrainian investigators information and personal data of accused parties

Torture in Kazakhstan is exerted both on detainees as a form of interrogation with the aim of obtaining confessions, and to prisoners in prisons and penal colonies.

Spain must refrain from forcibly returning Aleksandr Pavlov to Kazakhstan, Amnesty International said today, shortly after learning of the Spanish government’s decision to authorize his extradition.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has published annual report for 2013.

Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law published statement about Mukhtar Ablyazov's case

On January 9, 2014, a court in Aix-en-Provence, France approved extradition requests filed by both Russia and Ukraine for the former BTA bank chairman and opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov.

Amnesty calls on the authorities of France in Ablyazov case.

It seems that everyone wants a piece of Mukhtar Ablyazov – former BTA bank chairman, Kazakh opposition figure, criminal suspect, and long-time critic of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev.

Urgent call by ACAT to the French authorities not to extradite Mukhtar Ablyazov to Kazakhstan or any other country that could further transfer him to Kazakhstan.

Please find the link to a blog post on the blog of an Italian MEP. In his short blog post, he mentions the case of Pavlov in Spain.

Fair Trials International has published a major report on the misuse of INTERPOL, the world’s largest international police organisation, to persecute refugees, journalists and peaceful political activists.

The decision by Spain’s high court to extradite an asylum-seeker to Kazakhstan, despite compelling evidence that it would place him at risk of torture, violates international law and must be reversed immediately, Amnesty International said.