Kazakhstan: WHRD summoned after anti-war song
Event- Country
- Kazakhstan
- Initial Date
- Jul 15, 2024
- Event Description
Kazakh anti-war activist Maria Kochneva told RFE/RL on July 15 that Almaty city police summoned her over performing a rap song online that was critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Kochneva said that her online song sparked an outcry on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, adding that an investigator called her and ordered her to come to the police "for a conversation due to the public response" to her performance. Kochneva said the investigator did not tell her about her status, and she did not receive an official subpoena. According to Kochneva, she and her relatives have received threats from unknown individuals since her song was posted online.
- Impact of Event
- 2
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Woman
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Family of HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Unknown
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Unknown
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 43.2488084864064
Longitude: 76.92670005396229
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 15 July 2024, Maria Kochneva, anti-war WHRD, was summoned by the police after her relatives allegedly received threats due to an anti-war song she published by the police in Almaty, Kazakhstan.