Kazakhstan: media worker arrested ahead of planned protest
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Mar 21, 2023
- Event Description
Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim was handed a 25-day jail term on March 21 after he announced his plan to hold a rally to protest the official results of parliamentary and local elections held over the weekend. Mukhammedkarim's lawyer, Ghalym Nurpeiisov, said his client was jailed on a charge of violating the laws on mass gatherings. The ruling Amanat party won a majority in the general elections on March 19. International observers said the polls showed some progress over previous votes, while several opposition politicians claimed that the balloting was unfair.
- 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
- Right to Protest
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 43.25031740824662
Longitude: 76.9415770528221
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 21 March 2023, Duman Mukhammedkarim, media worker, was handed down 15-day jail-term for announcing a planned protest against the election results by a court in Almaty, Kazakhstan.