Kazakhstan: WHRD arrested on false accusation
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Nov 8, 2023
- Event Description
Kazakh rights activist Sanavar Zakirova told RFE/RL on November 8 that an Astana court sentenced her to 15 days in jail for "online calls for unsanctioned rallies." The charge stems from a Facebook post last month calling for a protest rally. Zakirova insists that she was tagged in the post but did not write it. Another activist, Makhabbat Qusaiynova, told the court that she authored the post, but the judge ignored her statement. Zakirova, an outspoken critic of the government, has been sentenced to several jail terms in recent years.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Denial Fair Trial
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to fair trial
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 51.13337401766662
Longitude: 71.42611318588725
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 8 November 2023, Sanavar Zakirova, WHRD critical of the government, was sentenced to 15-day arrest for a social media post she did not write by a court in Astana, Kazakhstan.