In a letter to the President of Kazakhstan, Civil Rights Defenders and several other human rights organisations express serious concerns about Vadim Kuramshin’s life. Vadim Kuramshin is a prominent lawyer and human rights defender, sentenced to 12 years in prison, who is to be transferred to penal colony EC 164/4, a prison infamous for human rights violations.
After two and a half years in prison, the Kazakhstani human rights defender, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, was released on February 17. “The release of Yevgeniy Zhovtis is very positive and welcome. However, the authorities of Kazakhstan have still not recognized the human rights violations he was subjected to”, said Joanna Kurosz, Programme Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
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His burnt body was returned to the family in a plastic bag. The European Court has found Russia responsible for human rights violations in the North Caucasus, in more than one hundred cases, as a result of our work.
(Photo: Joanna Kurosz)
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