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"Mr President, those who consider or claim that the human rights situation in Kazakhstan is improving should take note of the statement issued two days ago by the official representative of the Prosecutor-General. In this statement they accuse the unregistered opposition of extremist actions and say they filed a lawsuit to ban them, together with a host of independent and media outlets such as the newspapers Respublika and Vzglyad, the satellite television station K+ and dozens of associated online news sites. It is clear that the situation in Kazakhstan with regard to human rights has gone from bad to worse. With the effective banning of opposition parties and the media, Kazakhstan is most likely to see another wave of arrests followed by unfair trials and long prison sentences. This is intolerable and unacceptable. In addition, Vladimir Kozlov, the leader of the opposition party ALGA who was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, lost his appeal three days ago. Human Rights Watch had declared that Kozlov’s conviction is unsound given that the charges against him are vague and overbroad and are fundamentally incompatible with human rights treaties Kazakhstan has signed. In addition, Vadim Kuramshin, the well known human rights defender, faces up to fourteen years in prison.
I make an urgent call here today for the immediate suspension of the negotiations on the enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement unless there is a profound and proven change in the human rights situation in Kazakhstan. This in my view must include an unconditional amnesty for all prisoners convicted on political grounds, including Vladimir Kozlov and Vadim Kuramshin. I call on the international trade union movement and civil society organisations to echo this call and to put pressure on European institutions and on Catherine Ashton, who will visit Kazakhstan next week, to make it crystal clear that there can be no business as usual with the Nazarbayev regime. It is not acceptable that the EU’s economic and strategic interests in Kazakhstan’s energy resources take priority over the deteriorating human rights situation."@en1
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