Kazakhstan: anti-corruption HRD sentenced to 8-year jail
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- May 23, 2023
- Event Description
On May 23, the court of the city of Uralsk sentenced Aslan Otepov, the leader of the "People's Against Corruption" public association, to 8 years in prison.
Aslan Otepov, the leader of the People Against Corruption group in Kazakhstan’s northwestern city of Oral, has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of fraud and bribe-taking that he and his supporters have rejected as politically motivated. Otepov reiterated that the case against him amounts to retaliation by local authorities for his anti-corruption activities, adding that he will appeal the verdict. Otepov also said that he will continue a hunger strike he launched two days earlier over his case.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 51.20350251775438
Longitude: 51.37391891016766
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 23 May 2023, Aslan Otepov, anti-corruption defender and leader of the People Against Corruption group, was sentenced to 8-year jail on fraud and other charges as retaliation of his activities by a court in Oral, Kazakhstan.