Kazakhstan: WHRD given additional charges over alleged prison brawl
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Mar 5, 2024
- Event Description
Ainara Aidarkhanova, the lawyer of imprisoned Kazakh activist Aigerim Tileuzhanova, told RFE/RL that her client was additionally charged with "inflicting bodily damage" over a brawl with another inmate. The lawyer added that the fight was most likely provoked to frame her client. Tileuzhanova, a noted civil rights activist, was sentenced to four years in prison, while her four co-defendants, all men, received eight years in prison each, after a court found them guilty in July of "organizing mass unrest at Almaty airport" during unprecedented anti-government protests in January 2022 that turned deadly. All pleaded not guilty.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 43.230330994318685
Longitude: 76.91907390400374
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 5 March 2024, detained WHRD Aigerim Tileuzhanova, faced additional charges of 'inflicting bodily damage' by the judiciary, suspectedly prompted to target the WHRD in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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