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SZP SENIOR PARTNER AIDYN BIKEBAYEV ATTENDING A RETREAT SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE FOR LEGISLATION AND JUDICIAL AND LEGAL REFORM OF THE MAZHILIS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN PARLIAMENT
On 10 June 2022, the Committee for Legislation and Judicial and Legal Reform of the Mazhilis (the lower house) of the Kazakhstan Parliament held a retreat session in the Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan devoted to such acute problems as the respect for the rights of prisoners and prevention of their torture.
SZP Senior Partner and Chairman of the Kazakhstan National Bar Association Aidyn Bikebayev and Chairman of the Karaganda Oblast Bar Association Okasbay Abikenov attended the retreat session in-person where they voiced the most challenging issues of civil rights protection and enforcement on the part of law enforcement authorities.
In his presentation Aidyn Bikebayev demonstrated, through the example of detained attorneys, the current difficulties in instituting criminal investigation of torture allegations.
