Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Dr. Karim Massimov, pleaded not guilty on all accounts in court. The politically-motivated trial against...
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Massimov’s Case: Presumption of Innocence
On January 5, 2023, the General Prosecutor of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Berik Asylov, broke Article 11 of the Universal Declaration of Human...
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Massimov’s case: Trial Begins
On November 18, the ‘trial’ against arbitrarily detained Karim Massimov began at the City Court of Astana. Despite international calls for his...
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Massimov’s Case: Transferred to Court in Non-Compliance with the United Nations
Kazakhstan’s General Prosecutor’s Office announced that it approved the indictment against Massimov and sent the case to the Specialized...
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Massimov’s Case: UN calls for immediate release
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention “called on the Government of Kazakhstan to take urgent action to ensure the immediate unconditional...
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Massimov’s Case: End of “Investigation”
On August 25, the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan published a press release, stating that the formal “investigation” into the alleged...
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