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UN expert warns Kazakhstan against using ‘stability’ as excuse to curtail rights, voices concern at surveillance of sources

Jan 28 2015

(ру́сский язы́к) ASTANA/GENEVA – United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai completed an official visit to Kazakhstan on Tuesday by challenging the Government to build on its achievements in the economic arena over the last 23 years by facilitating and opening up democratic space, in particular the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. He also expressed disappointment at an incident where his sources appeared to come under police surveillance. Mr. Kiai said that on 23 January, after he left a meeting with… Continue reading →

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ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ СПЕЦИАЛЬНОГО ДОКЛАДЧИКА ООН ПО ПРАВУ НА СВОБОДУ МИРНЫХ СОБРАНИЙ И ПРАВУ НА СВОБОДУ ОБЪЕДИНЕНИЙ ПО ЗАВЕРШЕНИИ ЕГО ВИЗИТА В РЕСПУБЛИКУ КАЗАХСТАН

Jan 27 2015

(English version) Я хотел бы поблагодарить Правительство Республики Казахстан за приглашение посетить страну. Правительство Казахстана распространило постоянное приглашение на все специальные процедуры, и я очень ценю тот факт, что даты моего визита были быстро согласованы. Я рассматриваю этот шаг как… Continue reading →

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Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association at the conclusion of his visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan

Jan 27 2015

(ру́сский язы́к) ASTANA – I would like to thank the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for inviting me to undertake this official mission here. The Government of Kazakhstan has standing invitations to Special Rapporteurs and I appreciate that it readily agreed dates for this visit. This is a positive step that I take as expressive of the Government’s willingness to engage in a constructive dialogue on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, among other human rights. I am delighted to have had this chance to… Continue reading →

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Казахстан: первый официальный визит эксперта ООН по вопросу о праве на свободу мирных собраний и ассоциаций

Jan 16 2015

(Click here for English) ЖЕНЕВА – Специальный докладчик ООН Майна Киаи посетит Казахстан с 19 по 27 января 2015 года, чтобы дать оценку осуществлению прав на свободу мирных собраний и свободу объединения в стране. Это первый визит в Казахстан независимого эксперта, мандат которого в соответствии с резолюцией Совета… Continue reading →

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Kazakhstan: first official visit by UN expert on freedoms of peaceful assembly and association

Jan 16 2015

(ру́сский язы́к) GENEVA – United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai will visit Kazakhstan from 19 to 27 January 2015 to assess the enjoyment of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the country. Mr. Kiai’s visit is the first information-gathering mission to Kazakhstan by an independent expert tasked by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor and promote the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association worldwide. “The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association are… Continue reading →

Central Asia country visit Kazakhstan official visit