Kazakhstan: two WHRDs fined for protesting
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- May 15, 2024
- Event Description
A court in Kazakhstan has fined two activists from the Feminita movement that defends women's rights for taking part in an unsanctioned rally in Almaty to protest against a 24-year prison sentence handed to former Economy Minister Quandyq Bishimbaev for violently beating his wife to death last year. Gulbaqyt Otebai and Gulzada Serzhan were ordered each to pay a 184,000 tenge ($415) fine for organizing and taking part in an unsanctioned public event. Both women had pleaded not guilty. Otebai and Serzhan were among several activists of Feminita who marched to demand a life sentence for Bishimbaev.
- Impact of Event
- 2
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- NGO staff
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 43.27672880094285
Longitude: 77.01397878833055
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 15 May 2024, WHRDs Gulbaqyt Otebai and Gulzada Serzhan of the NGO Feminita, were fined by a court for participating in a rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan.