Kazakhstan: pro-democracy defender handed down 5-day jail term for violating court ban

Event
Country
  • Kazakhstan
Initial Date
May 4, 2023
Event Description

A court in Almaty has sentenced Kazakh activist Alnur Ilyashev to five days in prison for violating a court-imposed ban on taking part in public gatherings. The court pronounced the sentence on May 4, three days after Ilyashev participated in a gathering of an unregistered group. In June 2020, Ilyashev was handed a parole-like sentence and banned from participating in public events for three years on a charge of distributing false materials that he rejected as politically motivated.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Man
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
  • Judicial Harassment
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Freedom of expression
    • Offline
  • Right to liberty and security
HRD
  • Pro-democracy defender
Perpetrator-State
  • Judiciary
Source

RFERL

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 43.252163969691516

Longitude: 76.95633651114217

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 4 May 2023, Alnur Ilyashev, pro-democracy defender, was handed down a 5-day jail term for violating a court ban prohibiting him from joining public gathering by a court in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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