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| + | '''Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Zhovtis''' Евгений Александрович Жовтис (born 17 August 1955) is a [[Kazakhstan human rights]] activist and director of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law. | ||
| − | [[Category:Kazakhstani people | + | After graduating as a mining engineer, he became vice president of the Independent Trade Union of Kazakhstan and represented the interests of miners, who worked under often inhumane conditions. He also became a member of the executive board of the [[Civic Organisation Memorial]], working for public awareness of human rights and democratic values under the repressive conditions in the [[USSR]]. |
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| − | [[Category: | + | After the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] and independence for Kazakhstan in 1991, Zhovtis continued working for human rights and qualified as a lawyer to help that work. In 1992, with the support of the [[Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union]], he founded the Kazakhstan American Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law. This later became an independent organisation under its present name. |
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| + | ==Personal life== | ||
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| + | Zhovtis is married, with a daughter and a son. | ||
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| + | ===Conviction=== | ||
| + | While driving near [[Almaty]] in late July 2009, the car Zhovtis was driving accidentally hit and killed a pedestrian. On 3 September 2009 Zhovtis was found guilty and sentenced to four years' imprisonment on charges of manslaughter. Local and international human rights activists say the trial was flawed and used by the authorities as a convenient way to imprison him.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/09/03/kazakhstan-review-rights-defender-s-harsh-sentence Human Rights Watch call for his 2009 sentence to be reviewed retrieved 4th Feb 2010]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-amsterdam/kazakhstans-human-rights_b_276759.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Robert | last=Amsterdam | title=Kazakhstan's Human Rights Drop Through the Floor | date=3 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/world/asia/05kazakh.html|title=Sentence for Kazakh Activist in Accident Draws Outcry|author=Michael Schwirtz|date=4 September 2009|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> After two and a half years in prison, Zhovtis was granted amnesty on 17 February 2012.<ref name="ifex">{{cite news | title = ALERT: Editor Igor Vinyavsky released | date = 23 March 2012 | url = http://www.ifex.org/kazakhstan/2012/03/23/vinyavsky_released/ | work = [[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]] | accessdate = 2012-12-29}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | *[http://www.rferl.org/content/Supporters_Say_Convicted_Kazakh_Rights_Activist_Is_Political_Prisoner/1815003.html RFE article] | ||
| + | *[http://www.osce.org/documents/pc/2009/12/42316_en.pdf US mission to OSCE statement on Zhovtis] | ||
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| + | [[Category:1955 births]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Kazakhstani human rights activists]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Kazakhstani people convicted of manslaughter]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Kazakhstani activists]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Kazakhstani prisoners and detainees]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Prisoners and detainees of Kazakhstan]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Kazakhstani Jews]] | ||
Revision as of 06:31, 19 April 2017
Template:BLP sources Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Zhovtis Евгений Александрович Жовтис (born 17 August 1955) is a Kazakhstan human rights activist and director of the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law.
After graduating as a mining engineer, he became vice president of the Independent Trade Union of Kazakhstan and represented the interests of miners, who worked under often inhumane conditions. He also became a member of the executive board of the Civic Organisation Memorial, working for public awareness of human rights and democratic values under the repressive conditions in the USSR.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and independence for Kazakhstan in 1991, Zhovtis continued working for human rights and qualified as a lawyer to help that work. In 1992, with the support of the Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, he founded the Kazakhstan American Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law. This later became an independent organisation under its present name.
Personal life
Zhovtis is married, with a daughter and a son.
Conviction
While driving near Almaty in late July 2009, the car Zhovtis was driving accidentally hit and killed a pedestrian. On 3 September 2009 Zhovtis was found guilty and sentenced to four years' imprisonment on charges of manslaughter. Local and international human rights activists say the trial was flawed and used by the authorities as a convenient way to imprison him.<ref>Human Rights Watch call for his 2009 sentence to be reviewed retrieved 4th Feb 2010</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After two and a half years in prison, Zhovtis was granted amnesty on 17 February 2012.<ref name="ifex">Template:Cite news</ref>
