Political persecution of activists and lawyers

On 3 June 2021, a court trial in the politically motivated criminal case under Article 405 Part 1 and 2 («organisation and participation in the activities of an extremist organisation») against civil activist Aidar SYZDYKOV took place.

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Judge Nazgul BAPAKOVA illegally sentenced Aidar SYZDYKOV to 3 years of restriction of liberty, a 5-year ban on social and political activities (including publications on social networks), and imposed 100 hours of community works and a forced payment of 27780 tenge ($65).

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Prosecutor: IGENOV Madiyar.

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On 3 June, Aidar SYZDYKOV was released from a pre-trial detention facility after 3 months of detention.

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Aidar SYZDYKOV is being prosecuted for:

— calls for participation and participation in peaceful protests, subbotages (evening marchse);

— calls to unite and create cells (groups of like-minded persons) of the opposition movement «DCK»;

— publication on Facebook: «A package of demands of the DCK in support of the population and businesses»;

— A repost of a publication by opposition politician Mukhtar ABLYAZOV calling for participation in a peaceful, authorised protest in Almaty on 31 October 2020.

At the request of the prosecutor, the judge issued a politically motivated private ruling against Aidar SYZDKOV’S lawyer, M.R. DOSKARAYEV, for questioning the decisions of the Yesil court to ban the opposition movements “Koshe Partiyasy” and “DCK”.

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The decisions of the Yesil court to ban the «DCK» and «Koshe Partiyasy» are politically motivated, they have not been published.

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Lawyer M.R. DOSKARAYEV risks losing his license for honestly defending the rights of his client.

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