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Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of association Maina Kiai.
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New law threatens civil society independence in Kazakhstan, warns UN expert

15 October 2015
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, today warned that a new bill amending the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Kazakhstan, may compromise the independence of associations and also challenge their existence.
Kairat Abdrakhmanov.
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Impact of nuclear tests observed on International Day

29 August 2015
General News

The ill-effects of nuclear testing in Kazakhstan are still being seen according to authorities, even though the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site closed over 20 years ago.

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Maina Kiai.
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Kazakhstan called on to improve human rights situation

7 February 2015
General News

The efforts Kazakhstan has made to turn the country around economically need to be applied to human rights and democracy issues as well.

That’s according to UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai who recently completed an official visit to the central Asian country.

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Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of association Maina Kiai.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN expert urges Kazakhstan to boost rights of peaceful assembly, association

28 January 2015
An independent United Nations rights expert today urged the Government of Kazakhstan to match the country's economic successes of the past quarter century with a ramped-up focus on human rights by opening up the Central Asian state's democratic spaces.