The European Parliament adopted a resolution on events in Kazakhstan

The European Parliament called on the Kazakh authorities to invite UN and OSCE experts to assess the situation

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MEPs are calling for an international investigation and sanctions against Kazakh officials for human rights violations.

Members of the European Parliament during the plenary session, by a majority vote, adopted a resolution on the situation with the protection of human rights in Kazakhstan in connection with recent protests and riots. It is reported on the site EP on Thursday, January 20th.

The document was supported by 589 MEPs out of 671 who voted, 35 voted against, 47 abstained.

In a resolution, the European Parliament called on the EU Council to “impose personal sanctions against high-ranking Kazakh officials responsible for serious human rights violations committed during the January 2022 protests.”

The MEPs also called on the EU and the international community to “immediately initiate an appropriate international investigation into the crimes committed against the people of Kazakhstan during the two weeks of rallies in the country.” In particular, the resolution states that it is necessary to investigate “disappearances, reports of torture, arbitrary detentions, killings by snipers, injuries of peaceful demonstrators, including minors, in Almaty and other settlements of Kazakhstan.”

The document also invites the EU institutions “in cooperation with Kazakhstan to prioritize the observance of human rights.”

MEPs believe that the EU foreign policy service should be more actively involved in resolving the situation in Kazakhstan, “including through visits to Kazakhstan by the EU’s highest representative for foreign policy (Josep Borrell – ed.) or the EU Special Representative for Central Asia.”

The EP calls on the Kazakh authorities to invite UN and OSCE experts to assess the situation on the ground, as well as “stop the political persecution of human rights defenders, drop politically motivated charges, immediately release unjustified demonstrators and activists, and guarantee the right to peaceful protest in accordance with international standards.”

Recall, according to official data in Kazakhstan during mass protests 225 people died. 4,578 people are considered victims.

Previously published video of the dead in Almaty. The bodies show injuries to the head and chest area.

Kazakhstan announces burials of rioters

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