In Atyrau, Kazakhstan, the specialized inter-district economic court has dissolved the registration of the charitable fund "Slava Ukrayini," which was involved in providing humanitarian aid to victims of Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Kazakh human rights activists believe that the Russian side may have contributed to such a court decision.
According to the Kazakhstani International Bureau for Human Rights (KIBHR), the Department of Justice of the Atyrau Region understood, within two weeks of registering the charitable fund to assist victims of aggression, that it may have acted hastily or received signals to that effect.
The private fund was registered by the Department of Justice of the Atyrau Region on August 10. However, within two weeks, the department filed a lawsuit seeking the annulment of state registration and the forced liquidation of the organization. The decision to liquidate the fund is dated November 3, 2023, but human rights activists only recently learned about it.
"In the lawsuit, the plaintiff provides evidence of the organization's non-compliance with its statutes and legal norms, emphasizing that the two-week violations have an insurmountable character, even though a minimal period has passed. If there were any 'violations' at all, these could have been resolved without any urgency," the statement notes.
Additionally, the KMBPL reported that during its existence, the fund's leader, with the support of sponsors, directed humanitarian aid to those affected by Russia's attack on Ukrainians in the amount of 5 million tenge, approximately $10,800.
"Perhaps our northern neighbors did not like it very much, and our state received an order to get rid of him," commented Turarbek Kusainov, the head of the fund, on the court's decision.
Human rights activists also noted that throughout this year, all announcements of solidarity actions with the people of Ukraine in Kazakhstan have faced resistance from local officials.
