The opponent of the Kazakh regime Botagoz Jardemalie has indeed been harassed and spied in Belgium for years

Justice also recognizes that Botagoz Jardemalie and his family have suffered “Threats and pressures from foreign states, including Kazakhstan “. And add: “The court can only be concerned about the use of GPS tracer and other technical means outside of any legal framework, the defendants of the accused on his mission appearing to be particularly watered down”.
“By getting their hands on the information held by the Belgian authorities, Kazakhstan shows that it can do what it wants”
“Lacnes of instruction”
The court decision that was made is not tender – at all – on how the investigations were carried out in Belgium and points, on numerous occasions, “shortcomings of instruction “. She suggests that “No serious instruction “ has not been “diligent by the instructor magistrate on the personality and mission of the accused“.
In a civilian, despite a request for compensation for the damage suffered, Botagoz Jardemalie obtained one euro. In question, the impossibility of measuring the extent of the moral damage suffered, even if they are recognized by the court.
“We are happy because the summary of the facts shows that our client has indeed been the victim, several times since 2014, of harassment and espionage, Comments Me Dounia Alamat, one of the advice of Botagoz Jardemalie. The offense period has also been extended. Not as we wanted, but it is longer than what had been initially selected, and we are also delighted on this point. We regret the compensation fixed to one euro, but, in reality, what is fundamental for Ms. Jardemalia is that the justice of the country where she found refuge recognizes that she is the subject of transnational repression. “
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Spying from the neighboring accommodation
The story experienced by Botagoz Jardalie is worthy of a spy film. The young woman worked in Kazakhstan, before defending many political opponents in exile and becoming an activist herself. A fight that inevitably earned him the enmities of the Kazakh authorities.
She also worked for a bank linked to the Kazakhe authorities, a position she left once ties with the regime were established by the lawyer. She will then flee to Belgium. But it was, for her, the beginning of a judicial saga that Free reported several times and in particular in January 2024.
Already at the time, the lawyer said she was harassed, spied on by individuals who did not hesitate to rent the apartment in front of her house to spy on day and night. She also explains that she is a victim of computer hacking.
When she learns, in July 2017 via her sports teacher, that individuals are interested in her by asking many questions about her, Botagoz Jardemalie – who is already constantly on guard – begins to monitor any vehicle more which she considers as a suspect.
She takes a photo of some of the cars whose driver is, in his eyes, suspect. Then file a complaint for harassment.
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More than 181,000 photos found
The federal prosecutor’s office then seizes the file. An investigation is open and in November 2017, an individual was arrested. The latter is not very talkative. Without delivering details, he explains to investigators that he has been working for two years as a supervisory officer for a firm specializing in surveys and research. A former soldier, the man has been responsible for “four or five months” for a mission to monitor a lawyer of Kazakhe origin for “four or five months”. Its target (or “target” in French): a certain bj
The man will be released, but his phone seized. More than 181,000 photos concerning Botagoz Jardalie will notably be found. Other elements will demonstrate that the latter was actually monitored from a home in front of her home in Brussels.