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Since 10 August 2026, the Facebook page of Kazakhstani human rights defender Bakhytzhan Toregozhina has been completely blocked, while her Instagram account is at risk of being removed following a coordinated wave of mass reports and strikes.

Depriving a journalist of the right to work in their profession violates Kazakhstan’s international obligations, said Nazira Darimbet, President of the International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech “Adil Soz,” in a comment to the Zhas Alash newspaper.

A court previously denied Vladimir Severny parole despite his compliance with all legal requirements and support from both the prosecutor and the prison administration, his lawyer says

Gulmira Birzhanova, Head of the Media Qoldau Legal Service at the Legal Media Center Public Foundation, reported that Facebook had suspended access to the account of Diana Okremova, Director of the Legal Media Center Public Foundation.

The OSCE election observation mission published an interim report on preparations for the Kurultai elections, assessing the state of the media landscape, the level of political pluralism, and the prevalence of self-censorship in Kazakhstan.

A press conference was held in Almaty to discuss the situation of political prisoner Duman Mukhametkarim*. The journalist’s lawyer, Galym Nurpeisov, said his client’s health had deteriorated significantly and stressed that his actions in prison were not suicide attempts, but a form of protest against violations of his rights.