Kazakhstan: at least fourteen HRDs arrested ahead of planned protest

Event
Country
  • Kazakhstan
Initial Date
Jun 8, 2023
Event Description

Police in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, and the country's largest city, Almaty, detained at least 14 activists from the unregistered Algha, Kazakhstan (Forward, Kazakhstan) political party on June 8. Almaty-based human rights defender Bakhytzhan Toreghozhina told reporters on June 9 that the detentions were made to prevent rallies the party planned during the ongoing two-day Astana International Forum, where participants discuss a broad range of issues including climate change, and food and energy security.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Freedom of expression
    • Offline
  • Right to liberty and security
  • Right to Protest
HRD
  • Pro-democracy defender
Perpetrator-State
  • Police
Source

RFERL

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 51.395647729660666

Longitude: 71.24545130223926

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 8 June 2023, ahead of a planned protest coinciding with the Astana International Forum, police arrested at least five HRDs in Almaty and nine HRDs in Astana, Kazakhstan.