Kazakhstan: HRD summoned after planning tribute for a slain HRD
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Jul 4, 2024
- Event Description
Kazakh activist Abzal Dostiyarov was summoned by police on July 4 amid pressure being applied on rights activists during the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in Astana. After Dostiyarov departed police headquarters, a spokesman confirmed to RFE/RL that he had been summoned for a "preventive conversation." Right activists have been under pressure since July 2 after many demanded Kazakh officials arrange the repatriation and burial with honors of opposition activist and journalist Aidos Sadyqov, who died in Kyiv on July 1 after being shot 13 days earlier in the Ukrainian capital. Ukraine named two Kazakh men as suspects. Kazakh officials said they were ready to cooperate with Kyiv in the investigation but refused the extradition of the two to Ukraine, arguing that Kazakh law doesn't permit it. Dostiyarov and others said they were planning a tribute to Sadyqov.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 51.189130214952485
Longitude: 71.42513551692396
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 4 July 2024, HRD Abzal Dostiyarov, was summoned by the police after planning a tribute for slain HRD Aidos Sadyqov in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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