Kazakhstan: pro-democracy WHRD fined for allegedly disobeying the police
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- May 14, 2024
- Event Description
An Astana court on May 14 fined activist Elvira Bekzadina of the unregistered Algha, Qazaqstan (Forward, Kazakhstan) opposition party 110,760 tenges ($250) on a charge of disobeying police. Police detained Bekzadina two days earlier when she was going to hold a public poll on the results of President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev's time in office since March 2019. Bekzadina rejected the charge, accusing the police of physically abusing her during her detention. In November, a court in Astana sentenced the chairman of Algha, Qazaqstan, Marat Zhylanbaev, to seven years in prison on extremism charges that he also rejects as politically motivated.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Judiciary
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 51.09851342524263
Longitude: 71.32879895009256
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 14 May 2024, pro-democracy WHRD Elvira Bekzadina, was fined by a court for planning on holding a public poll on the current presidency in Astana, Kazakhstan.