Kazakhstan: local residents clashed with workers from a gold-production facility
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Jul 19, 2023
- Event Description
Residents of the village of Maraldy in the East Kazakhstan region said on July 20 that local activists have clashed with workers constructing a gold-producing facility in the area. According to the villagers, the activists demanded a halt to the construction work, citing environmental issues. A local resident, Nurzhaqyp Qabylbaev, told RFE/RL that the company's security brutally dispersed the villagers and journalists who were at the site before police arrived. Local residents have been protesting the construction of the gold-producing plant in the area for years.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Environmental rights defender
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Corporation
- Extractive industries
- Corporation
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 52.36301436778536
Longitude: 77.65544410758575
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 19 July 2023, local residents were disrupted by company workers while protesting the construction of a gold-producing plant in Maraldy, Kazakhstan.