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23 September, 2019 / kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Doing Everything To Keep Zhanaozen Activists Away From Proposed Rally

Kazakhstan Doing Everything To Keep Zhanaozen Activists Away From Proposed Rally

Following a wave of antigovernment protests across Kazakhstan earlier this month, activists from the volatile city of Zhanaozen say authorities are taking extraordinary measures to prevent them from attending another rally.
11 August, 2019 / kazakhstan
Kazakh trade union leader freed after global union effort

Kazakh trade union leader freed after global union effort

The President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym Tokayev issued a decree on the evening of August 9th pardoning trade union leader Erlan Baltabay, leader of the Fuel and Energy Workers' Union and vice-president of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan (KNPRK), from custody. Baltabay was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on July 17, 2019, on embezzlement charges that the international labor movement condemned as being politically motivated. His sentence also included a prohibition on trade union activities for an additional seven years after his jail term
24 July, 2019 / kazakhstan
IndustriALL calls for release of Kazakh trade union leader

IndustriALL calls for release of Kazakh trade union leader

IndustriALL Global Union is calling for the immediate release of Kazakh trade union leader, Erlan Baltabay, after he was sentenced to seven years in prison by a Kazakh court on 17 July.
17 July, 2019 / kazakhstan
International condemnation as repression deepens in Kazakhstan

International condemnation as repression deepens in Kazakhstan

The ITUC has harshly condemned the sentencing of Kazakhstan trade union leader Erlan Baltabay. Efforts to improve freedom of association for working people are once again jeopardised; but the country’s new leadership could still intervene.
26 June, 2019 / kazakhstan
Trade Union Leader Faces Prison Time in Kazakhstan Authorities Should Take Urgent Steps to Address ILO Concerns

Trade Union Leader Faces Prison Time in Kazakhstan Authorities Should Take Urgent Steps to Address ILO Concerns

As pressure built against Kazakhstan at the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) conference in Geneva this month to address the country’s poor record on trade union rights, authorities back home are seeking to jail an independent trade union leader.
26 June, 2019 / kazakhstan

ITUC letter to President Tokayev re violations of ILO Conv. 87/trial E. Baltabay

Here you can find a letter sent by ITUC to the President of Kazakhstan regarding violations of ILO Convention 87.
11 June, 2019 / kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Workers’ Rights Crackdown Under Fresh Scrutiny Reforms Urgently Needed to Protect Unions and Employees

As the International Labour Organisation (ILO) celebrates its Centenary this week, one of its key committees decided today to examine once again the grim situation for labor rights in Kazakhstan.
The move is not a surprise. In the two years since the ILO’s Committee on the Application of Standards, which examines how states comply with ILO treaties, last reviewed Kazakhstan, its government has dragged its feet on much-needed legal reforms and continued to try to silence critical voices in the workplace.
03 April, 2019 / kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Judge’s complaint alarms legal profession

Kazakhstan: Judge’s complaint alarms legal profession

A lawyer in Kazakhstan known for taking on politically sensitive cases is fighting off a judicial complaint that could lead to her disbarment.
Gulnara Zhuaspayeva told a press conference in Almaty on April 1 that she believes this is an attempt to intimidate her into desisting from her work.
27 March, 2019 / kazakhstan
Kazakh Activist In Restive Town Arrested, Charged With Hooliganism

Kazakh Activist In Restive Town Arrested, Charged With Hooliganism

A court in Kazakhstan's southwestern town of Zhanaozen on March 26 ordered a leader of recent protests staged by jobless young people placed in pre-trial arrest for two months.
14 March, 2019 / kazakhstan
RFE/RL Kazakh Correspondent Detained Again In Restive Zhanaozen

RFE/RL Kazakh Correspondent Detained Again In Restive Zhanaozen

An RFE/RL correspondent in Kazakhstan has been fined after being detained for the third time in weeks in the restive city of Zhanaozen, where she has been covering ongoing rallies.