Bloody January (A Harry McCoy Thriller Book 1)

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With her distinctive "cellophane painting" technique, Suleimenova sought to capture a violent moment in Kazakhstan's modern history that remains full of unanswered questions six months on. Another mystery is who bears responsibility for the deaths of so many people. In August, Kazakhstan’s chief prosecutor published a list of 238 people killed during Bloody January, including 19 law enforcement officers and six people in police custody. “There is no clarity, or at least no publicity, about who was shooting and under what circumstances,” Zhovtis writes in his report. “In the vast majority of cases, bystanders, peaceful protesters, and persons who did not pose an immediate threat to life and health died.” Only one military service member has so far been convicted for a wrongful killing, according to Zhovtis. The same day, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency that lasted through Jan. 19, with a curfew, temporary restrictions on movement, and a ban on mass gatherings. A critical red level of terrorist danger and an anti-terrorist operation was also put into place throughout Kazakhstan.

Men attending the protest in Aktobe in early January 2022 warm themselves by a fire. Photo credit: Yuri Geist. AKTOBE, Kazakhstan: Azattyq reporter Zhanagul Zhursin braced against the cold wind near the regional mayor’s office and watched as about a hundred delivery drivers grumbled about gas prices. After that, Muslims were the fall guys. They were like monsters,” Dmytry explained. “The government didn’t allow these fundamentalist religious groups to gather because they were always afraid it would spiral out of control. But at the January protest, there were lots of people with beards and the police didn’t react at all.” I still do bits and bobs but I’m too old and there’s not enough money. I’m 54 and when bands are young enough to be your children, it’s not a good look when you’re trying to tell them what to do. So now I tend to only do the weird ones, the odds and sods.” There are many challenges facing Kazakhstan and its international partners, including the ramifications of the war in Ukraine and difficult economic conditions. However, also in this context, given the gravity of the human rights violations that occurred during the January events, it is vital that Kazakhstan focusses on providing accountability – for the sake of those who died and were injured, or were tortured, and for future generations – to help ensure that such events are not repeated.

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In contrast, reports show that criminal cases have been opened against some of those who died or were victims of torture, under article 272 of the Criminal Code, for their alleged participation in ‘mass riots’. Following Human Rights Watch’s report, the Kazakhstani government said it was investigating nearly 100 “complaints of the use of illegal methods of investigation and other violations of the rights of citizens.”

He went on to become professor and director of the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex, and died in 2010. He was shot in the leg as he attempted to escape. While he was still recovering from an operation in hospital, police arrested him and beat him in the hospital corridors.McCoy] is a great character and his patch and period are vividly and skilfully portrayed. Denise Mina and Ian Rankin had better watch out These days Edinburgh is hoaching with fictional detectives. Glasgow a little less so. With the honourable exception of Alex Gray’s Detective Lorimer and Denise Mina’s Alex Morrow, Glasgow crime fiction is still dominated by the memories of Taggart and William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw novels. I like James Ellroy. His books are books about Los Angeles that happen to have crime in them. They’re the history of post-war Los Angeles. In my deluded state I thought: ‘I’ll try and do the same thing for Glasgow.’ Kazakhstan’s international partners, including the European Union, EU member states, the UK, the US and Canada should reinforce the call for an independent investigation and provide the necessary pressure and support to ensure concrete and timely steps are taken by the government of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s partners should make clear that the government should conduct such an investigation in line with its obligations under international law, and that doing so will be important for future engagement based on sharedcommitments tohuman rights.

There were also reports of torture by police officers against detainees, but only a few reached the court. When the air, so recently filled with smoke from grenades and bullets, both rubber and real, cleared, reporters were the ones pressing the government for a full accounting of the 238 people killed, more than 4,500 injured, around 10,000 detained, and several hundred reportedly tortured.Seriously good. It's brilliantly evocative of the 1970s in Glasgow (and I should know as I was there!). I loved Alan Parks' characters and I want to read a lot more of Detective Harry McCoy! His first novel Bloody January is out now. It is set in the city in which he lives and takes place over the course of a few weeks at the start of the year (the title might have given that away). The year in question is 1973.