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28 September, 2018 / kazakhstan
French Journalist Detained In Kazakhstan While Preparing Report On 2011 Deadly Protests

French Journalist Detained In Kazakhstan While Preparing Report On 2011 Deadly Protests

Prado's interpreter, Danara Ismetova, told RFE/RL by phone that police on September 27 detained her and Prado in Aqtau, the capital of the Manghystau region, and took them to a local police station.
26 April, 2018 / kazakhstan
Solidarity award to persecuted unions in Kazaksthan

Solidarity award to persecuted unions in Kazaksthan

The Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights this 2018 is awarded to the Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan, represented by Larisa Kharkova, Nurbek Kushakbaev and Amin Eleusinov. Trade Union leaders and activists of Kazakhstan face severe repression in due to their involvement with trade unions rights, and the rights of the working people in their country.
18 January, 2018 / kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Events of 2017

Kazakhstan Events of 2017

As the Kazakh government hosted high-profile international events, including EXPO 2017, an annual international exhibition, and several rounds of Syria peace talks, its human rights record further deteriorated. Authorities suppressed independent trade union activity and continued to target government critics, including journalists, with politically motivated criminal charges and other harassment. Several activists and union leaders remain wrongfully imprisoned. The government is considering legislative amendments that appear to propose even further restrictions on freedom of religion. Impunity for torture and ill-treatment in detention persist.
12 December, 2017 / kazakhstan
Coal Miners' Strike Spreads In Kazakhstan As Workers Stay Underground

Coal Miners' Strike Spreads In Kazakhstan As Workers Stay Underground

SHAKHTINSK, Kazakhstan -- A strike by coal miners in north-central Kazakhstan has spread to more mines as hundreds of workers are refusing to return to the surface, demanding higher salaries and better benefits.
01 October, 2017 / kazakhstan
KNPRK: Unions Under Pressure. The Appellate Instance Upheld the Court Decision

KNPRK: Unions Under Pressure. The Appellate Instance Upheld the Court Decision

On September 29, 2017, the appellate instance of the Regional Court of Shymkent upheld the decision of the Yenbekshinskiy District Court of the Town of Shymkent. It will be recalled that on July 25, 2017, Judge Svetlana Shinaliyeva of the Yenbekshinskiy District Court of the Town of Shymkent returned a guilty verdict to the KNPRK President Larisa Kharkova, sentencing her to four years of restricted freedom of movement, one hundred hours of community service, and a 5-year ban from holding leadership positions in non-governmental associations and other non-commercial organisations. The sentence also prohibits Kharkova from changing her place of residence and her place of work, visiting certain places, and leaving town without permission from competent bodies.
21 August, 2017 / kazakhstan
Conviction of trade union leaders: “Another nail in the coffin of the independent trade union movement in Kazakhstan”

Conviction of trade union leaders: “Another nail in the coffin of the independent trade union movement in Kazakhstan”

The global trade union movement is calling on the government of Kazakhstan to review the conviction of a prominent labour leader in a case that has been described as a “blatant violation of human and trade union rights in Kazakhstan.”
04 August, 2017 / kazakhstan
Justice for Larisa Kharkova, Nurbek Kushakbaev and Amin Eleusinov

Justice for Larisa Kharkova, Nurbek Kushakbaev and Amin Eleusinov

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has written to the President of Kazakhstan and the EU’s Foreign Affairs Representative demanding justice for Larisa Kharkova, a leader of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Kazakhstan, who was sentenced in late July to 100 hours of forced labour, four years restriction on her freedom of movement and a five-year ban on holding any position in a public or non-governmental organization.
03 August, 2017 / kazakhstan

IndustriALL condemns mock trials of union activists in Kazakhstan

IndustriALL addressed to the leadership of Kazakhstan demanding to influence the situation and review the unjustified court sentencing of Larisa Kharkova, Nurbek Kushakbayev and Amin Yeleusinov.
26 July, 2017 / kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Sentencing of Union Leader a Travesty of Justice

Kazakhstan: Sentencing of Union Leader a Travesty of Justice

The ITUC has condemned the sentence handed down against trade union leader Larisa Kharkova by a Kazakhstan court today as a travesty of justice, and an affront to democracy.
22 June, 2017 / kazakhstan
IndustriALL takes workers’ and union rights to the International Labour Conference

IndustriALL takes workers’ and union rights to the International Labour Conference

After two weeks full of intense activity and meetings the International Labour Conference ended in Geneva on 17 June