Yevgeny Zhovtis

One Year Later: Still Wrongfully Jailed

Jeff_Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kazakhstan, Yevgeny Zhovtis, World News
Jeff_Goldstein

One year ago today, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Kazakhstan's best-known human rights defender, was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years imprisonment.

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Political Trials and Crimes Against Reality

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Burma, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, International Law, Democracy, Iran, Due Process, Detainees, Aung San Suu Kyi, Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, Human Rights, Courts, Political Prisoners, Justice, Asia, Yevgeny Zhovtis, China, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, World News
Robert Amsterdam

It's a crime against reality for us to carry on pretending that countries like Kazakhstan can hold fair trials.

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Kazakhstan's Human Rights Drop Through the Floor

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Gas, Foreign Affairs, Rule of Law, Robert Amsterdam, International Law, Democracy, United States, Barack Obama, Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, Human Rights, Central Asia, Oil, Osce, Political Prisoners, Freedom of Press, Europe, Yevgeny Zhovtis, World News
Robert Amsterdam

I fear that we might just see exactly how many barrels of oil a given dictator needs to export in order to flaunt the law.

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