FreeKazakhs

15/01/2023

, like many others in January 2022, participated in the peaceful protests in Almaty. There he suffered three gunshot wounds, while, being a medical doctor, he tried to help another wounded protester. He was hospitalized briefly only to be detained in a few days by militarized forces of Kazakh ‘law enforcement’ in a highly publicized raid on the Almaty City Hospital #12 . Kosay and ca 40 others were moved to detention facility SI- 19 not suitable for detainees in serious life threatening medical conditions.

According to Kosay and other detainees, the next few days were “pure hell” – they were subjected to beatings, inhumane and derogatory treatment, and torture. Prosecutors charged him and others with rioting and put him under a 2-month arrest justifying it with “suspicions of committal of serious crime” and ‘likelihood of continued criminal activity if released”.

Kosay was incensed by the horrendous treatment he received and started to seek justice petitioning and appealing to Kazakh authorities. The latter did not tolerate this for too long and on the 2nd of June detained him for 2 weeks on administrative charges and later extended the term indefinitely.

Kosay remains in jail to this day. His physical health has taken a serious toll from the poorly treated gunshot wounds and torture injuries. He is significantly malnourished due to the poor quality of food in the detention facility. He is at constant risk of torture in this facility, where he had been already tortured inhumanely, which triggers psychological distress and affects his mental well-being.

We submitted a complaint to the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and arbitrary detention calling for urgent interim measures, such as the immediate release of Kosay while his strong legal team continues to defend him in Kazakh legal system.

Article (in English) by Joanna Lillis, correspondent based in Almaty who writes for major western newspapers, such as the Economist. It was written after he was released after the first arrest, but before the second one: https://eurasianet.org/shot-tortured-facing-jail-can-kazakhstan-deliver-justice-after-bloody-january

15/01/2023

Let’s support our dear friend Mr Kosay Mahanbaev! 🙏🇰🇿💜

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077853443464&mibextid=LQQJ4d

https://qandyqantar.org/kosay/amp/

No money needed, just plenty of emotional support, so he could have the power to stay with us! 💜

09/12/2022

Keep fighting, they are still in power! 🇰🇿🥲

Absolute power corrupts absolutely! So many people are protesting against dictatorship and corruption in pro-Putin CIS countries and so many have been killed and tortured just because they want the quality of life and democracy! 😭

What exactly the World leaders and politics are doing for the peace on our planet Earth? 😡

Chronology of 2022:

January 2022 - to present
Blood in Kazakhstan and political tortures 🇰🇿🩸

February 2022 - to present
War in Ukraine 🇺🇦🩸

July 2022 - to present
Blood in Karakalpakstan 🇷🇼🩸

https://youtu.be/rH2jXWSizbQ

Appreciate for standing up for Kazakhstan! 🙏🇰🇿

Nazarbayev = Tokayev = Lukashenko = Xi Jinping = Putin 😡

🇺🇦 ✈️ 🇰🇿


Art credit: Kanat Ibragimov

09/12/2022

Saturday, December 10th, 2 pm, Times Square (7th Ave. Between W 44th and W 43rd St.), near ABC.

It has been obvious throughout 10 months that is committing crimes against humanity and Ukrainian nation during this brutal, senseless, and barbaric full-scale war.

Loosing on the battlefield, putin decided to use terrorist tactics against Ukrainians and the world. By attack critical infrastructure with hundreds of missiles and creating a nuclear threat by capturing Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, russian regime is committing an act of genocide and puts the world on the verge of a nuclear catastrophe.

On the eve of the day of remembrance of the Chernobyl catastrophe liquidators, we have to come up together and demand from the world to condemn , demand more actions to prevent blackouts in Ukraine, remember brave men and women, who gave their lives fighting the largest nuclear catastrophe in the history of mankind, and urge world leaders that only with actions and power, not negotiations, we can stop putin and his terrorist minions.

Slava Ukraini!

11/10/2022

Absolute power corrupts absolutely! So many people are protesting against dictatorship and corruption in pro-Putin CIS countries and so many have been killed and tortured just because they want the quality of life and democracy! 😭

What exactly the World leaders and politics are doing for the peace on our planet Earth? 😡

Chronology of 2022:

January 2022 - to present
Blood in Kazakhstan and political tortures 🇰🇿🩸

February 2022 - to present
War in Ukraine 🇺🇦🩸

July 2022 - to present
Blood in Karakalpakstan 🇷🇼🩸

https://youtu.be/rH2jXWSizbQ

Appreciate for standing up for Kazakhstan! 🙏🇰🇿

Nazarbayev = Tokayev = Lukashenko = Xi Jinping = Putin 😡

🇺🇦 ✈️ 🇰🇿

11/10/2022

Appreciate Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) for standing up with Kazakhstan! 🙏🇰🇿💙💙💙

https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/dem/release/menendez-cardin-durbin-brown-call-for-review-of-us-security-assistance-to-kazakhstan

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10/10/2022

Emergency call to rally today outside russian consulate at 5pm 🇺🇦🥲

30/08/2022

Help Kosay! We are taking his case to a whole new level - we will seek justice in international venues.

Without your help Kosay - doctor injured during the peaceful protests in Almaty, victim of torture in detention will not see justice!

We are a Kazakh Initiative against Cruelty and Kleptocracy (KICK), a group of ex- Kazakhstani living across western democracies that came together in response to the tragic events known as Qandy Qantar, Bloody January of 2022. Our mission is to help seek justice for the victims of the Bloody January torture and terror through international mechanisms.

We are a Kazakh Initiative against Cruelty and Kleptocracy (K… KICK Kazakh Initiative against Cruelty and Kleptocracy needs your support for Help defending Kosay, victim of KZ Bloody January

26/08/2022

“Guns should never be used against you by the authorities for the purpose of dispersing the crowd”.

Know your rights and claim them




The guns had been used twice by regime of Nazarbayev-Tokayev, Kazakhstan:

1. In Zhanaozen
December 2011

2. In Mangystau, Zhanaozen, Aktau, Almaty, Taldykorgan, Kyzylorda, Taraz, Shymkent, Aktobe
January 2022

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07/07/2022

The largest war in Europe since the WWII with about 30 thousand killed civilians since 24th Feb is in Ukraine. And Russia is continuing to attack. The ruthless war is not over and still exists. We must continue to draw public attention to the war in Ukraine until it’s not too late for the whole world.
So please, join us this Saturday!

Confirmed cities for march/rally:

New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
San Diego, CA
Denver, CO
Cincinnati, OH
Columbus, OH
St.Louis, MO
Phoenix, AZ
Nashville, TN
Portland, OR
Santa Fe, NM
Orlando, FL
Huntsville, AL
Bentonville, AR

Design by .smyrnova

02/07/2022

Appreciate our Kyrgyzstan’s friend .sartov for supporting Ukraine and Kazakhstan today at Times Square, NY!

Nazarbayev = Tokayev = Lukashenko = Xi Jinping = Putin 😡

🇺🇦 ✈️ 🇰🇿