Kazakhstanis mostly complain on torture in colonies — Ombudsman

AKIPRESS.COM - A new Ombudsman in Kazakhstan Elvira Azimova said she receives appeals from citizens mainly on torture problems in the institutions of the penitentiary system, Tengrinews.kz reports. "Violation of rights of people in Kazakhstan is not big. However, there are a lot of violations that are sent to me since September. Mostly, citizens are complaining on application of torture in the penitentiary institutions," she said.
Ombudsmen and civil activists in Kazakhstan started a practice of visiting penitentiary institutions of the country since 2014.
"As a result of these visits, we give recommendations and make reports to the government, president and the parliament of the country," Azimova said.
Azimova was appointed in September 2019. She replaced Askar Shakirov, who became Deputy Chairman of the Senate.