All pretense of a fair trial dropped – Protest Now! From Campaign Kazakhstan On the second attempt the authorities, Vadim Kuramshin, a well-known campaigner for prisoners’ rights and member of the Socialist Movement Kazakhstan, wsa jailed last weekend, for 12 years. The charge against Vadim – that he allegedly attempted […]

Result of massive international campaign of solidarity Statement by Ainur Kurmanov, Socialist Movement, Kazakhstan Today, August 28, Vadim Kuramshin was released from the courtroom in Taraz after the jury’s verdict was announced. The human rights activist was found guilty of only one misdemeanour – “arbitrariness” (under article 327 of the […]