OSCE PA considers Kazakhstan's experience in theological rehabilitation of repatriated citizens

An online hearing of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on the topic "Prosecution, rehabilitation and reintegration of foreign terrorist fighters: the experience of Kazakhstan" was held today.

The event was attended by Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Religious Affairs Bauyrzhan Bakirov.

The meeting was chaired by Lopatko Reinhold, chairman of the special committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on countering terrorism.
In general, the event was attended by members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly from more than 20 countries, the head of the OSCE program office in Kazakhstan Frobart Volker, as well as representatives of the central government agencies of Kazakhstan.

The Kazakhstani side presented to the meeting participants its own experience in the programs of repatriation and rehabilitation of citizens returned from the zones of terrorist activity (under the operation "Zhusan").

B. Bakirov made a report on the work carried out by the Ministry on theological and psychological rehabilitation of repatriated citizens. At the same time, the participants noted the high responsibility of the Government of Kazakhstan in organizing the program for the rehabilitation of repatriates.

It is worth to note that the humanitarian operation "Zhusan" on the return of our citizens from the zones of terrorist activity began in 2019. As a result of the operation, today more than 700 citizens have been repatriated to the country, most of whom are women and children.