The United States looks forward to working with the newly elected members of the Mazhilis as they work to fulfill their important role as the elected representatives of the Kazakh people and make their contribution to reforms that foster accountable government.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 30 March, 2023 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Elections, Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Following the November presidential elections in Kazakhstan, we look forward to continuing to work with President Tokayev and his government to advance our common objectives.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 8 December, 2022 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
The United States remains committed to supporting a sovereign, secure, and independent Kazakhstan and supports your efforts to advance that shared goal.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 23 June, 2022 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Elections, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Statements, Tolerance and Non-discrimination | Tags: Kazakhstan
The United States expresses its sincere condolences on the loss of life and injuries sustained during this month’s unrest in Kazakhstan.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 20 January, 2022 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
The United States appreciates the Program Office in Nur-Sultan's endeavors in combating violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 24 June, 2021 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Statement delivered at the Permanent Council on May 7, 2020 marking World Press Freedom Day.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 7 May, 2020 | Topics: Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey
Statement delivered at the Permanent Council on the report by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 30 April, 2020 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Statement delivered at Working Session 10 of the HDIM 2019
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 23 September, 2019 | Topics: Anti-corruption, Statements | Tags: Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
U.S. Statement delivered at HDIM 2019 Working Session 6 on the Freedom of Assembly
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By | 19 September, 2019 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Crimea, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine
U.S. Statement on Fundamental Freedoms of Free Expression and Media delivered at HDIM's Working Session 2.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 17 September, 2019 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Albania, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
U.S. Statement on Fundamental Freedoms of Free Expression and Media delivered at HDIM's Working Session 1.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 16 September, 2019 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Statement delivered in Response to OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir on July 4, 2019
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 4 July, 2019 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Media Freedom, RFOM, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Statement delivered to the Permanent Council in Response to Head of the Program Office in Nur-Sultan
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 20 June, 2019 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Statement delivered at the Permanent Council on Elections in Kazakhstan
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 13 June, 2019 | Topics: Elections, Fundamental Freedoms, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Statement to the Permanent Council on Upholding OSCE Commitments in the Treatment of Iskander Yerimbetov in Kazakhstan.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 8 November, 2018 | Topics: Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Statement at HDIM Working Session 4: Rule of law I, including - Right to a fair trial; Independence of the judiciary; Democratic law-making
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 12 September, 2018 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Albania, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Response to the report by the Head of the Program Office in Astana, Ambassador György Szabó, to the Permanent Council.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 21 June, 2018 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
The U.S. supports the Office’s work, including countering violent extremism & radicalization that lead to terrorism, combating human trafficking, & more.
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By USOSCE Public Affairs Office | 13 July, 2017 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
We are concerned about the lack of fairness and transparency in the appeal process that on January 20 upheld the trial court’s verdict and 5-year prison sentence against land code protest organizers Maks Bokayev and Talgat Ayan.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 26 January, 2017 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2016 Ambassador Baer’s Interview with RFE/RL Central Asia Service December 14, 2016 Neuer Saal, Hofburg Palace Vienna, Austria QUESTION: Journalists are being intimidated, attacked, and recently one of our journalists, another one, was arrested, as you might have heard. Allashov was arrested along with at least five members of his ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 16 December, 2016 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
The United States is concerned about the fairness of the legal process that resulted in the recent decision of the Kazakhstani regional court in Atyrau to convict and sentence Maks Bokayev and Talgat Ayan to five years in prison each for their alleged roles in organizing peaceful demonstrations in the spring of 2016. The United ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 1 December, 2016 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
We are concerned about constraints on independent media and the implications for freedom of expression in Kazakhstan.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 13 October, 2016 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Freedom of religion or belief is a founding principle of the Helsinki Process. Unfortunately, a small number of participating States engage in consistent, systematic violations and abuses of the freedom of religion or belief.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 27 September, 2016 | Topics: Human Rights, Religious Freedom, Statements | Tags: Azerbaijan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
The United States was founded on the principle of respect for the dignity of the individual. No crime offends human dignity more than torture.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 23 September, 2016 | Topics: Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United States, Uzbekistan
Some participating States are exporting their repression by deliberately initiating politically motivated Interpol Red Notices to harass critics abroad.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 23 September, 2016 | Topics: Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan
Freedom of association is necessary for the fullest exercise of the freedoms of expression and of religion or belief, and for the conduct of free and fair elections. It is a cornerstone for the rights of persons seeking to form independent trade unions.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 21 September, 2016 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Freedom of Assembly & Association, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan
In many participating States, the exercise of peaceful assembly and association is subject to undue and serious restrictions.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 21 September, 2016 | Topics: Freedom of Assembly & Association, Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, United States
Elections are an essential element of democracy and a cornerstone of democratic institutions. The U.S. greatly appreciates the OSCE’s invaluable role in election observation – indeed, this organization has developed what is known as the “gold standard” for its methodology on evaluating elections.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 19 September, 2016 | Topics: Elections, Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United States
The United States welcomes Ambassador Szabó to the Permanent Council in his new capacity, and thanks him for his report. We welcome your assessment that the Program Office has continued to work effectively with the Kazakhstani government since the adoption of the new mandate. As we said when the new mandate was adopted, it is ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 16 June, 2016 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
We are deeply saddened by the barbarous terror attack that occurred yesterday in Istanbul. Such senseless violence could never be rationalized by any cause. We were further saddened to hear of another attack today. We wish speedy recovery to the injured and extend condolences to the family & friends of those who lost their lives. We extend ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 8 June, 2016 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan, Turkey
The United States is concerned about restrictions on the right of freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression of the media in Kazakhstan, including the recent detention of journalists and protestors in connection with anticipated demonstrations over land reform. In Copenhagen in 1990, OSCE participating States agreed that “everyone will have the right of ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 26 May, 2016 | Topics: Freedom of Assembly & Association, Human Rights, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
The elections were efficiently organized and showed some progress in certain areas, however, international election observers found an absence of genuine political choice and a variety of serious procedural irregularities during voting, ballot counting, and tabulation.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 7 April, 2016 | Topics: Elections, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s recently passed law and implementing regulations for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) could have a chilling effect on the activities of independent civil society.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 18 February, 2016 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
Just to respond to the comments from our distinguished colleague from Kazakhstan, I would like to reiterate the U.S. concern that the law does not provide for the open space for civil society as represented by our colleague from Kazakhstan just now. And that is why we have urged a review by international experts, UN ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 18 February, 2016 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Exclude, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
The actions of some participating States in the past few weeks do not appear consistent with OSCE commitments on free expression.
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 11 February, 2016 | Topics: Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom, Statements | Tags: Belarus, Kazakhstan
The United States welcomes Ambassador Zarudna back to the Permanent Council, and thanks her for her report. Ambassador Zarudna, with the adoption of a new mandate in December 2014, the former OSCE Center in Astana has transitioned to the current Program Office. We hope that the Program Office has been able to continue to work ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 21 May, 2015 | Topics: Anti-corruption, Civil Society and NGOs, Combating Terrorism, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
The United States concurs with the preliminary findings of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission on the April 26 presidential elections in Kazakhstan, which concluded that, “preparations for the 26 April election were efficiently administered, however, necessary reforms for holding genuine democratic elections still have yet to materialize.” The lack of a genuine political opposition limited ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 30 April, 2015 | Topics: Elections | Tags: Kazakhstan
The United States is concerned about the introduction of draft legislation in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan that could restrict the operating space for non-governmental organizations. While each piece of draft legislation is distinct—and its supporters may claim a legitimate interest to facilitate activities in the NGO sector—we believe it is important for these governments to ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 22 January, 2015 | Topics: Civil Society and NGOs, Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
In connection with the adoption of the Decision for the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, the United States would like to make the following interpretative statement under paragraph IV.1(A)6 of the OSCE Rules of Procedure. The United States has reluctantly joined consensus on the new mandate for the OSCE field presence in Kazakhstan, now called ...
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By U.S. Mission OSCE | 18 December, 2014 | Topics: Statements | Tags: Kazakhstan
