On the very first day of the trial of Vladimir Kozlov, Serik Sapargali and Akzhanat Aminov, human rights activists, observers, lawyers and politicians did not mince their words: 'You will all see: you are nobody, and the law is nothing when it comes to authorities', said the observers.  
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We continue with our story about the content of the decision to prosecute the leader of the party 'Alga!', V. Kozlov, signed by the head of the investigative group of the CNS of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Colonel N.S. Baldairov, on 29 June 2012 in the city of Aktau. This time, we will look more specifically to find out why the politician is accused under Art. 235, part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, that is, ‘leadership of an organised criminal group’.  
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It took the public prosecutor slightly over three hours yesterday to read out the indictment against Vladimir Kozlov, Serik Sapargali and Akzhanat Aminov. Moreover, the text read by the prosecutors in some places did not correspond to the text that was in the hands of the lawyers. Consequently, the lawyers said that the text read by the prosecutor did not correspond with the original charges.  
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The second day of the trial in the case of Vladimir Kozlov, Serik Sapargali and Akzhanat Aminov began with the testimony of witnesses from the public prosecution. Former director of 'Ozenmunaigas', Kiykbay Eshmanov, testified against the oil worker Akzhanat Aminov.  
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Former director of 'Ozenmunaigas', Kiykbay Eshmanov, during his testimony at the hearing in the case of Vladimir Kozlov and other defendants, unkindly referred to the Irish socialist, MEP Paul Murphy. Mr. Murphy came to Kazakhstan last year to visit the striking oil workers in the Mangistau region and met personally with Mr. Eshmanov.  
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The trial of the leader of the party 'Alga!', an opposition politician, Vladimir Kozlov, has commenced in the Mangistau regional court in the city of Aktau, as well as the trial of an activist of the social movement 'Halyk Maidany - the People's Front of Kazakhstan', Serik Sapargali, and the leader of the workers, Akzanat Aminov, announced KazTAG.  
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The son of Marat Zhanuzakov, one the leaders of the party 'Alga!', was taken by police this morning. The mobile phone of Baurzhan is currently turned off. His parents are unable to locate him anywhere. Marat Zhanuzakov considers the event an attempt to prevent his visit to the trial of Vladimir Kozlov in Aktau.  
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'Provide a fair trial for the opposition activists and oil workers' – with these words begins the statement of international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, in support of Vladimir Kozlov, Serik Sapargali and Akzhanat Aminov. Below is the statement in its entirety.  
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The well-known Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomarev demanded the release of political prisoners in Kazakhstan. According to the head of the All-Russian Movement 'For Human Rights', 'the repressive policy of Nazarbayev is only slightly ahead of Putin's'. A proverbial incitement of social discord may affect the Russian Federation as well.  
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The first court session in the case of V. Kozlov, S. Sapargali and A. Aminov, as expected, commenced under scandalous circumstances. In the first half of the day the judge Myrzabekov rejected all appeals filed by the defence. In response, the lawyers demanded the resignation of the judge. Observers were stuck to their phones, through which they published information on the Internet. For some reason their phones remained on, even though all the others were asked to turn devices off .  
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