Kazakhstan: jailed media worker has pretrial detention extended (Update)
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Dec 15, 2023
- Event Description
Ghalym Nurpeisov, a lawyer for jailed Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim, said on December 15 that his client’s pretrial detention was extended by at least one month. Mukhammedkarim, whose Ne Deidi? (What Do They Say?) YouTube channel is very popular in Kazakhstan, was sent to pretrial detention in June on suspicion of financing an extremist group and participation in the activities of the banned opposition Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan movement, charges that he and his supporters have said are politically motivated.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Online
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 43.8649889358001
Longitude: 77.05078895983604
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 15 December 2023, Duman Mukhammedkarim, detained media worker, had the pretrial detention extended by at least a month for his social media engagement by a court in Konaev, Kazakhstan.
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