Lawyer, Human Rights Defender,
#refugee
in Belgium. Human Rights&Rule of Law advocacy: sanctions, transnational repression, Interpol, AML/CFT reform,
#bitcoin
1/7 Great news! The Chamber du Conseil of the Tribunal of the First Instance of Brussels dismissed the criminal investigation against me & I was awarded β¬15K in procedural compensation & β¬5K more, ex aequo et bono, as compensation for the temerarious and vexatious procedure!
New video near
#Astana
: every day, military cargoes & vehicles are seen traveling through
#Kazakhstan
towards Russia.
#Tokayev
sending armored vehicles & sanctioned goods, aiding Putin in the war against Ukraine. Putin uses Kazakhstan as a backdoor to circumvent western sanctions
A full police brigade in the city of
#Atyrau
has sided with the protestors! This signals complete shift in the dynamics of the power and now the people are taking control. Still problems with mobile & Internet connections in
#Kazakhstan
.
Russian & Kazakh state TV show a βjoblessβ Kyrgyz that they allege was paid $200 to come to
#Kazakhstan
to protest. In fact, he is a famous musician Vikram
#Ruzakhunov
, who came to
#Almaty
for a concert. He was arrested/tortured & forced to lie for TV. Fake state propaganda!
#Almaty
, the Republic Square tonight: protester holding a banner βwe are regular people, not terroristsβ. Sign on the statute: βPeacekeepers with weapons are not peacekeepersβ.
#Kazakhstan
is not giving upβ¦
Back in the days, I made this little video for MEPs to illustrate my point that the EU should adopt a mechanism to impose
#Magnitsky
-style personal sanctions for grand corruption. These assets belong to the members of
#Nazarbayev
βs family. Our kleptocrats enjoy full impunity.
Nazarbayevβs cronies are fleeing the sinking ship. Dozens of business jets flying out of
#Kazakhstan
. My biggest dream is to go back to my countryβ¦
Aug 8, near Astana,
#Kazakhstan
: the person in the video reports that the rockets are transported towards
#Russia
. Microchips, semiconductors, gunpowder, tanks, rockets etc.- Tokayev's help to
#Putin
. Why doesn't the West impose personal sanctions against Tokayev and his circle?
βGuys, common!β The military is siding with the people and does not want to defend the authoritarian kleptocratic regime.What those guys see at home? Poverty & lack of prospects. Why should they defend
#Nazarbayev
& his cronies?
The
#Almaty
mayorβs office building has been overrun by the protestors! The scale of protest is underreported in the western media. The protests are throughout all of
#Kazakhstan
regions and is in 100βs thousands of ppl.
Multiple key government buildings, such as headquarters of
#Nazarbayev
βs
@Nur_Otan
party, General Prosecutors office and Mayor offices are on fire in
#Almaty
. People fed up with this regime.
In severally cities the army and police have been surrendering to the population.
We urge all the enforcement forces in
#Kazakhstan
to side with people of Kazakhstan.
#Zhanaozen2022
Activist Zamanbek
#Tleuliyev
confirms our fears! He tells us that the men from
@ServiceSsu
who knocked out his teeth tell him that he & another activist Yeldos
#Nasipbekov
(MIA for now) will be deported to
#Kazakhstan
! It is illegal, they both asylum seekers! Who is behind this?
We must fight to defend our freedom tech in a world where authoritarian rule is growing, over-regulation threatens innovation & privacy, and the traditional financial system gets weaponized.
#BTCPrague
Tokayev keeps promising to present evidence about organized intβl terrorist attacks on
#Kazakhstan
. Yet, it can be a bit difficult: now
#Tokayev
tells us that at night terrorists attacked morgues & stole bodies of dead terrorists to cover their tracks. Did Borat write his speech?
Peaceful protest continues in
#Zhanaozen
:
People put forward 4 demands to the authorities:
π change of the political regime in
#Kazakhstan
π holding elections of local governors of each region & city
π return to the 1993 Constitution
π stop the persecution of activists!
Since the introduction of
#Putin
's troops on the territory of
#Kazakhstan
, the country falls under the external control. Under the pretext of the fight against looters and terrorists, the current regime betrayed the sovereignty & voluntarily handed over control to Putin!
Snipers shot protesters at point-blank range in the head. Such killings rebut the regime's propaganda about violent protesters. Authorities organised mass lootings using controlled hooligans (titushkies) to legitimize the use of weapons against ppl in KZ. Remember
#Euromaidan
?
The city of
#Aktau
in Mangystau region that accounts for 25% of
#Kazakhstan
βs oil & gas production. People chanting: βShal Ket!β β βOld man out!" They fed up with
#Nazarbayev
& his regime.
Detained on 4 Jan 2022, former political prisoner Asset
#Abishev
was beaten up for days by police in
#Almaty
. He didn't participate in the protest. I'm concern how 10k detainees are treated right now when the regime desperately trying to get fake Β«confessions about terrorismΒ Β».
Just like the statutes of Lenin were taken down after the fall of the Soviet regime, people in
#Taldykorgan
are fed up with
#Nazarbayev
βs cult & take down his stature. 30 years ... here we go!
1) In 2010
#Kyrgyzstan
asked for help in 2010 it had a war in the South. Its allies,
#Russia
&
#Kazakhstan
, refused help. In 2021, a war broke out b/n
#Armenia
&
#Azerbaijan
. Armenia asked its ally for help, but Russia refused, citing that it was an internal matter of Armenia.
Electoral fraud in
#Kazakhstan
: WoW! This is something new: invisible pens! It's reported that the Central Election Commission provided these pens to the polling stations.
#kazelection2019
Yesterday, on 5/1/22, when the regime shut down the Internet & mobile connection, they were on the streets of
#Almaty
,
#Kazakhstan
, killing peaceful protesters, who the regime framing as βterroristsβ & βlootersβ. Photo TG
@milinfolive
#Atyrau
, which is on the Caspian sea in western
#Kazakhstan
, joins the protest against gas price hikes. 40% of the Kazakh oil produced in Atyrau. It is one of the richest regions in the country.
Coordinator of the opposition movement Democratic Choice of
#Kazakhtan
, Zamanbek
#Tleuliyev
was attacked by unknown people at home in
#Kiev
,
#Ukraine
. Men claim they work for the Security Service of Ukraine (Π‘ΠΠ£), yet didnβt show any papers, hit him in the face & broke his teeth
Dictatorβs Playbook:control info flow, use controlled hooligans/provocateurs, βjustifiablyβ use fire arms, blame external terrorist forces. Now in
#Almaty
the secret service used its mobster Arman Jumageldiev aka Wild & his thugs to burn, to disinform, to loot & beat protesters.
The plane of
#Kazakhstan
's "prince of oil & gas" Timur
#Kulibayev
(
#Nazarbayev
's son-in-law) heads for Kyrgyzstan. Oil accounts for 57% of export revenue in Kazakhstan & Kulibayev benefits from every barrel that is extracted in the country.
City of
#Aktobe
, Western
#Kazakhstan
: people support
#Zhanaozen
, chanting Β«Shal ket!Β» - Β«Old man out!Β». The old man is the self-proclaimed Β«leader of the nationΒ Β» Nursultan
#Nazarbayev
.
Who are those detained 10K ppl? Families searching for their relatives.
#Kazakhstan
's authorities must immediately publish every name, every name of the detained & every name of those, who died during the police and military crackdown on protestors! Photo: police beating victim
2) Now in
#Kazakhstan
, when the
#Nazarbayev
regime failed to deal with criminals (actually, organised by the regime),
#Russia
immediately sent its troops to Kazakhstan. Why? Our army & police sided with the people! So, now
#Putin
occupies our land, betrayed by the regime.
#Nazarbayev
's troubled grandson Aisultan Nazarbayev made bombshell statements today: "My mother
#Dariga
is trying to kill me like they killed Rakhat Aliev" & "My real father is Nursultan Nazarbayev". Kazakh
#GameOfThrones
π€¦ββοΈ
Activist Zhanbota
#Alzhanova
was arrested earlier today in
#Astana
. She posted this pic on FB a couple of days ago. So, here is the proof of her guilty mind β on this picture anyone can see that Zhanbota (right) & her friend are aggressively protesting with an invisible placard!
Absolutely delighted to catch up with Uyghur activists in π±πΉ Vilnius this week for
@WLCongress
! We are here to work together to build a global network of freedom fighters, activists and human rights defenders. π€βοΈ
#WLC2023
Protesters inside of the Mayorβs office (Akimat).
#Kazakhstan
is fed up with
#Nazarbayev
's regime and deterimed to get rid of it. Protesters around the country take over local City Halls (akimats).
On 2 January 2022, in the city of
#Zhanaozen
a protest took place against gas price hike.Zhanaozen is home for
#Kazakhstan
βs large oil & gas producers. The protest continued throughout the day, with an increasing number of protesters. Internet & mobile services have been blocked.
Message from
#Aktau
: The regime propaganda spreads fakes that in all cities of
#Kazakhstan
the protesters against the
#Nazarbayev
regime dispersed. Complete lie, ppl in all cities continue protest & are not going to leave as long as the regime of traitors & murderers is in power!
VERY IMPORTANT NEWS: my brother, political hostage Iskander
#Yerimbetov
, was released from prison! Unfortunately, he was released due to serious life-threatening illnesses.He is at home with his family now. He needs further medical treatment. Extremely grateful for his support!β€οΈ
Disappointing toothless statement of
@eu_eeas
. No support for ppl who had 30yrs of stolen elections & fed up with the authoritarian rule. Letsβs be clear: the regime escalates, incites & provokes violence, uses military, shuts down Internet, controls all media & lies to the world
The regime-controlled media spreads fake news about a violent dispersal of protesters in
#Aktau
. Yet, itβs been reported by the locals that there are over 10K ppl on the main square tonight. They intent to stay overnight. People set up tents & make food to feed the protesters.
.
@TokayevKZ
appealed to the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a military alliance of
#Russia
, Belarus, Armenia,
#Kazakhstan
, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, asking to assist Kazakhstan in overcoming the βterrorist threatβ!This is TREASON! The regime gives our country to
#Putin
#Aktau
at night, the man tells to the crowd: "[shot] in the head & in the heart, then they themselves commit crimes, looting. After that they go online & say [quotes
#Tokayev
]: "we had such extraordinary events in
#Almaty
, that's why I signed a decree on the state of emergency."
Today, hundreds came together in
#Strasbourg
to demand the
#ECHR
to pay attention to the gross human rights violations committed by the
#Erdo
Δan regime in
#Turkey
and stand in solidarity with the victims of his regime. Support our Turkish brothers & sisters! ECHR TakeAction
#Tokayev
assumed position of Head of the Security Council replacing
#Nazarbayev
. This signals that Nazarbayev is scared & leaves his puppet Tokayev facing the wrath of ppl who won't stop protesting. They want to get rid of Nazarbayev's corrupt kleptocratic regime all together.
Msg from
#Taraz
, Southern
#Kazakhstan
, local rumours: special police force (SOBR) raid the city & check phones for video recordings. Two guys filming a police raid were shot dead. Allegedly 25 ppl were killed, not verified. State of total terror in a complete information vacuum.
Horses starve to death in the Mangistau region of
#Kazakhstan
. In 2021 there was almost no rainfall, this led to the drying out of pastures, followed by a shortage of fodder. Locals made some frightening photos. The reaction of the authorities is as usual: too little, too lateβ¦
Great concern about developments in
#Kazakhstan
.
Rights and security of civilians must be guaranteed.
External military assistance brings back memories of situations to be avoided.
EU is ready to support in addressing this crisis.
In
#Semey
, human rights defender Raigul
#Sadyrbaeva
of
@Elimay_kz
was arrested yesterday for collecting information on victims of the ongoing bloody crackdown on peaceful protests.
@TokayevKZ
's promise not to retaliate against HR defenders & peaceful protestors means nothing!
#Tokayev
articulated publicly the threat to use force against protesters in a desperate attempt to hold on to power. Yet the regime has been using violence already. One protestor is killed and another is wounded in the head in the city if
#Atyrau
.
#Almaty
: a part of the peaceful protesters could not reach the Old Square blocked by the police. They continued marching down the streets of Almaty. Their main demands: No
#ChineseExpansion
! Free
#political_prisoners
!
#Nazarbayev
, leave! Drivers supporting them by honking!
President of
#Kazakhstan
@TokayevKZ
deleted his last night tweet where he claimed that
#Almaty
was attacked at least in six waves by 20 thousand terrorists. Dear President, Social Media 101 for you: the Internet remembers everything!
My native city of
#Almaty
,
#Kazakhstan
: its high level of air pollution makes it an environmental disaster zone. Almatyβs residents have no saying β the mayor is appointed by
#Nazarbayev
. No election, no accountability, no rights, no clean air.
US representative at
@oscepa
calls to condemn political abuse of
@INTERPOL_HQ
, reminding about
@Billbrowder
βs and other cases. As a victim of Interpol abuse, I feel safer when this important problem is discussed.His amendment to include this issue into the resolution is adopted!
In Vilnius last week, we, representatives of the
@WLCongress
, issued a joint statement addressing the faliure of the current sanction regime against Putin's Russia. We appeal to democratic nations to change their approach to sanctions against Russia
Representatives of the World Liberty Congress from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Belarus, issue this joint statement:
UN human rights experts call on the
#Kazakhstan
regime & security forces to halt their unrestrained use of force, including lethal force, against protesters & misuse of term « terrorism » .
How many innocent ppl have to die in the fake "fight against int'l terrorists"? In
#Almaty
, architect Yerlan
#Zhagiparov
was taken by the military on Jan.6. His brother found Yerlan's body in a morgue "handcuffed, brutally beaten, shot in the heart.β Orda_kz
Human rights defender Aliya
#Isenova
was shot in the arm by police while monitoring a protest in
#Semey
. After she underwent surgery, at the hospital police handcuffed to the bed. Now in
#Kazakhstan
civil & human rights activists facing arbitrary arrests, beatings & prosecution.
Drought in
#Kazakhstan
. Livestock are dying of both hunger & dehydration. Animals walk 25-30 km in vain looking for wells. In Mangystau & Kyzylorda regions, more than 80% of cattle lost their offspring. Authorities don't act & just hide the scope of disaster. Makes me sick...
Kazakhstanβs opposition journalist Aidos Sadykov died today
On June 18, 2024, in Kyiv, the regime of Kazakhstan organized the assassination of opposition journalist Aidos Sadykov. Today, at 3 a.m., after 13 days of struggling for his life, Aidos Sadykov died.
The assassin shot
In its resolution,
@Europarl_EN
"urges the Government of Kazakhstan to immediately release and fully rehabilitate all political prisoners, in particular ... Nurgul
#Kaluova
..." Nurgul is an activist, a TikTok blogger & mom of 2, who told the truth in her short TikTok videos.
It has been reported that
#Putin
βs troops (on video) successfully arrived to
#Almaty
to save
#Kazakhstan
βs authoritarian kleptocratic regime from secret services controlled Β«lootersΒ»/hooligans or, as
@TokayevKZ
put it, from Β«terrorist gangs that received serious training abroadΒ»
The regimeβs fear of peaceful protests in
#Kazakstan
becomes ridiculous: this mother & her 3 daughters were on their way to a shop when police just grabbed & took away her oldest daughter!
#Tengizchevroil
joins the protest in support of
#Zhanaozen
. It is the largest oil producer in
#Kazakhstan
, a JV b/n Chevron (50%), ExxonMobil (25%), KazMunayGas (20%) & LukArco (5%) located in
#Atyrau
on Caspian Sea. Appx. 39K work for Tengiz, 7K expect to be laid off in 2022.
Today in
#Stepnogosk
, armed police arrested human rights activist Aiya
#Sadvakasova
, who has been very active on twitter as
@AiaKaz
, informing int'l community about human rights violations in
#Kazakhstan
. Family doesnβt know where Aiya was taken.
We urge intβl community to impose personal sanctions on
#Nazarbayev
& Karim
#Massimov
to prevent a bloodshed following the
#Zhanaozen
2011 scenario. Political killings, abductions, criminal prosecutions and torture over the past 11 years remain uninvestigated. Video from
#Aktobe
.
In the photo: the arrest of Sandugash Turlibekova, a single mother of five, in a small town in
#Kazakhstan
. Sandugash, as a "very dangerous criminal," a criminal case was opened against her & she was detained by a local SWAT team in front of her 5 kids. Her crime? Being an admin
#Nazarbayev
βs regime is determined to defend the status quo. In
#Almaty
military and police forces blocked the center and waiting for the peaceful protesters that are marching towards them.
#Zhanaozen2022
In
#Kiev
, Lieutenant Colonel of the Security Service of
#Ukraine
(Π‘ΠΠ£) with men came to Yeldos
#Nasipbekov
β a coordinator of the opposition movement Democratic Choice of
#Kazakhtan
for a βtalkβ just after Zamanbek
#Tleuliyev
was beaten by some men claiming to be from # Π‘ΠΠ£.
Political prisoner and popular among kazakh speaking audience YouTube-blogger from
#Astana
Askar
#Kaiyrbek
has just been convicted to 1.5 years imprisonment. Hypocrisy of the regime in action. Jailing acitvists while lying
#EU
diplomats about "human rights reforms".
Raigul
#Sadyrbayeva
of
@Elimay_kz
is in pre-trail detention for 2 mnths for "participation in mass riots" (Art.272(2) of the Criminal Code). She says that police beat & torture lots of ppl in the detention centre, she is in a cell w/t heating/electricity, no water/food/mattress.
Guys of
@KazBrussels
, stop lying to the world! There is one organised criminal group in
#Kazakhstan
is the current regime. Violent criminals on the streets organised by the regime to discredit protesters & to use fire arms.
@TokayevKZ
gave our country to
#Putin
!
We thank int-l partners for solidarity in this dark moment of our history. As President
@TokayevKZ
reaffirmed today, the operations by the police, the national guard, & the Kazakh army are not an attack on liberties & human rights, but a fight against organized criminal groups
Our report on
#Kazakhstan
's peaceful protests & ongoing brutal crackdowns is out! Our co-authors human rights defenders Raigul
#Sadyrbayeva
& Aiya
#Sadvakasova
have been arrested for monitoring the protests!
π NEW REPORT OUT! In the aftermath of
#Kazakhstan
βs mass demonstrations, FIDU & 10 CSOs gathered accounts of
#HumanRights
violations. The βΉοΈ is based on data, video and photos provided by eyewitnesses,
#HRDs
& peaceful protesters across the country π