Almaty. The 25th of January. KazTAG - Tax authorities suspended the work of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and compliance with the rule of law (KMBC), the Agency's correspondent reports.
"The court on the complaint of tax services suspended the activities of the Bureau, the largest human rights organization in Central Asia for three months," Inga Imanbay journalist on Monday said.
However, as clarified by Mia KazTag, Yevgeny Zhovtis Bureau, the organization of the organization suspended the tax authorities.
Recall, on November 30, 2020, human rights activists and NGOs of Kazakhstan announced a one-time "attack" by government agencies, in particular, on the part of tax services. The authors of the statement tied the "attack" with political events, in particular, with those who were then prepared for the elections in Majilis. The United States expressed concern about the actions of the authorities, and the leading human rights organization of the world Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders, Human Rights Watch and International Partnership for Human Rights stated that Kazakhstan's government agencies should stop pressure on NGOs and human rights defenders.
Elections in Majilis and Maslikhats on party lists took place on January 10 from 7.00 to 20.00 local time for all regions.
On January 11, the OSCE observer mission stated that genuine competition was absent in the parliamentary elections. In addition, international observers criticized the work of the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan. Also, OSCE observers recorded explicit signs of bullings in the elections. On January 14, the United States expressed concern about the concerns of the OSCE on elections in Kazakhstan. The Public Foundation (PF) "Yerkіndіk Kanati" also stated that on January 10, one of the most serious and unfair elections in the history of Kazakhstan took place on January 10.
According to the CEC, as well as according to the results of Exit Poll, the victory won the NUR OTAN batch (76.49% of the votes on the results of the counts of the Central Election Commission). According to the official version, the necessary threshold for entering Majilis also scored the People's Party of Kazakhstan (10.94%) and the Democratic Party "Aқ Zhol" (9.2%). On January 11, Majilis VII deputies of convocation from the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan were also named.
On January 13, OO "Independent Observers" stated that the appearance of the election was 15% (and not more than 63%, as the Central Election Commission approves), and 12% of the ballots were corrupted by voters. According to the League of Young Voters (LMI), the threshold of 7%, necessary for passing into the Majilis, in the past parliamentary elections overcame all parties, and Nur Otan, contrary to official data, scored less than half of the votes.
Elections were accompanied by numerous pressure facts on independent observers and activists. Thus, the observers from the League of Young Voters were reported on pressure rendered, from the Public Foundation "Ate Daians", as well as from the Q-Adam Civil Initiatives Foundation.
It was also reported that the protesters are held in the frost in Almaty, among them a nursing mother, also reported about the facts of frostbite. Two clocks held by the security forces of activists were hospitalized with suspicion of frostbite.
On January 15, the first session of the Parliament of the new convocation was held, at which the deputies brought oath and determined the Speaker of the Mazhilis.
What other problems and violations are known on the election day in Majilis, read in the relevant material of the KazTAG agency.