Kazakhstan: pro-democracy defender sentenced for organising peaceful rally
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Nov 26, 2022
- Event Description
Kazakh activist Marat Abiev has been handed a 15-day jail term for organizing an unsanctioned protest rally on November 26, the day of President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev's inauguration. A court in Astana sentenced Abiev on November 28 after finding him guilty of "violating the law on holding public events." Toqaev was reelected in the early election held on November 20. A monitoring mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights said after the election that the election lacked "competitiveness."
- 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
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 51.12935130267291
Longitude: 71.43199387288578
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 November 2022, Marat Abiev, pro-democracy defender, was sentenced to 15-day administrative detention for organising a peaceful rally by a court in Astana, Kazakhstan.