A school in Kazakhstan was named after the murdered oppositionist
Last week parliament The return of the previous name of the capital Astana, which was named Nur-Sultan in honor of Nazarbayev in March 2019 offer did
In the Almaty region of Kazakhstan deputies an opposition leader who was murdered in a school Altinbek Sarsenbayuliagreed to give the name of However, questions remain surrounding his murder, his relatives, human rights groups and opposition politicians of the leader 20They call for a thorough investigation of his death in 2006.
Spokesman of the Almaty regional council Daulet Jarasbayev said on September 7 that the decision to name the school in the village of Sarijaz, where the deceased politician was born, was agreed upon with the government and the regional onomastics commission deputies approved by
Sarsenbayuli’s brother, civil rights defender Rysbek Sarsenbayuli welcoming this step, he said that for more than 16 years, the name of his late brother was forbidden to appear in public in any form.
Kazakh officials have repeatedly changed their version of what happened to Altynbek Sarsenbayuli and his two accomplices, providing the public with inconsistent and contradictory information for years.
Parliament former administrative head Erjan Otembayev 20For admitting to organizing the murder of three people in 2006 20 was sentenced to a year of imprisonment.
However, in 2013, the Kazakh authorities announced that the murder was a suicide the president Nursultan Nazarbayevformer son-in-law of Rakhat Aliyevnew evidence showing that he ordered was obtained and the case was sent for reconsideration. After that, Otembayev’s verdict cancellation was done.
Kazakhstan when the murders took place National Security Committee chief Aliyev, who became Nazarbayev’s deputy and in 2007, was in exile in Europe.
Aliyev later by the Austrian authorities at the request of the Kazakh authorities imprisonment and was accused of participating in the kidnapping and murder of two Kazakh bankers.
In February 2015, Aliyev was found hanging in the Vienna prison.
The decision to name the school after Sarsenbayuli has passed the president Nazarbayev and his clan of this Central Asian country political was accepted against the backdrop of his removal from the stage. After violent protests against the government in January of this year, dramatic changes took place in the country.
On September 7, parliamentarians of Kazakhstan celebrated the First, which is celebrated on December 1 every year President He confirmed the decision to cancel the day.
Last week parliament The return of the previous name of the capital Astana, which was named Nur-Sultan in honor of Nazarbayev in March 2019 offer did.
Referendum in June way Nazarbayev’s name was removed from the Constitution and this deprived him of the title of leader of the nation.