Ms Roza Tuletaeva has testified during a court trial on 16 April 2012 that she was tortured while in detention, after being arrested at her home on 3 January 2012.
On 19 April 2012, Mr Lukpan Ahmedyarov was attacked, receiving two gunshots to the heart and eight stab wounds. He was hospitalised, underwent a three-hour surgery and is currently in a rehabilitation unit.
Human rights defender Ms Roza Tuletaeva, one of the leaders of the workers' strike committee of the oil company 'Ozenmunaigaz', was arrested on 3 January 2012 at her home in Zhanaozen, Western Kazakhstan.
On 26 October 2011, human rights defenders and journalists Messrs Asan Amilov and Orken Bisenov were attacked by four unknown individuals a few kilometres outside Aktau, the capital of Mangystau province.
On 8 September 2011, human rights defender and labour rights leader, Ms Natalya Azhigalieva, was arbitrarily arrested in Zhanaozen and subsequently sentenced to 15 days of administrative detention following a short trial which was held in camera on that same day....
Since 24 May 2011, human rights defender and trade unionist Ms Natalya Sokolova has been held in detention. On 31 May 2011, a criminal investigation was launched against her for “inciting social hatred”, under Article 164 (3) of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan....
On 27 April 2010, human rights defender Mr Ainur Kurmanov was arrested, charged and subsequently sentenced by Bosdantyksky district court in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to 15 days imprisonment as a result of his work documenting peaceful opposition protests.
