Kazakhstan: WHRDs arrested, one sentenced to 10-day imprisonment

Event
Country
  • Kazakhstan
Initial Date
Dec 20, 2022
Event Description

Kazakh rights activist Sanavar Zakirova has been sentenced to 10 days in jail on a charge of "disobeying police." Zakirova was detained along with several other women on December 20 after they demonstrated in Astana demanding that President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev meet with them over social problems faced in the country. It is not known if the other detained women faced trials as well. Zakirova has been sentenced to several jail terms in recent years and has been prevented from registering her Nashe Pravo (Our Right) political party.

Impact of Event
2
Gender of HRD
  • Woman
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
  • WHRD
Perpetrator-State
  • Judiciary
  • Police
Source

RFERL

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 51.11653850562316

Longitude: 71.41930257120113

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 20 December 2022, Sanavar Zakirova, pro-democracy WHRD, was sentenced to 10-day imprisonment after being arrested with a number of other WHRDs for staging a protest against the current Government by a court in Astana, Kazakhstan.

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