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The International Foundation for Freedom of Speech Protection

STATISTIC of violations of rights for freedom of expression in Kazakhstan. January-August, 2019

10 october 2019

43 facts of detentions, arrests, custodial sentencing (54 persons)
          Including detentions of journalists while covering events - 2
6 facts (28 journalists)

Threats – 9 cases

Attacks on journalists – 8
   Shara Turmagambetova (Zhuldyz-Zvezda, Aktobe region)
   Aizat Turgynbekkyzy (TV company "KTK", Akmola region)
   Sania Toyken, (Azattyq Radio, Nur-Sultan)
   Shokan Alkhabayev (Tengrinews.kz, Almaty region)
   Andrei Grishin (KIBHR, Almaty region)
   Kanat Beisekyeev, Adylet Abish (Vlast.kz, Shymkent region)
   Orken Zhoyamergen, Yerzhan Amirkhanov, (Azattiq Radio, Nur-Sultan)
   Nurgul Talayeva, Tokhmoldy Kusainov (Azattiq Radio), camera crew (TV company “Almaty”),
   Sergey Duvanov, Margarita Khodus (MIA “KazTAG”, Almaty)

COURT AND PRE-TIRAL ACTIONS

Monitoring of violations of the right to freedom of speech in August 2019
recorded:

Criminal – 3
Civil – 2
Administrative - 1

CRIMINAL CHARGES (JANUARY-August 2019) – 26 facts

Slander and insult – 15
Dissimination of intentionally false information – 3
Incitement of discord – 4
Paricipation in the activity of a banned organization – 1
Insult and Use of force in relation of representative of authority – 3

According to the Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounts of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
-  the courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan completed 24 cases under Art. 174 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Arousal of social, national, tribal, racial, estate or religious hatred) for the first half of 2019.

Including:
- 18 cases decided upon the sentence;
- 1 case dismissed 

The number of accused was 2.  19 of them were convicted, 3  were acquitted.

-  74 cases were registered at the National Register of Pre-Trial Investigationsunder Art. 174 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan in January-August 2019.
51 cases of offences against the law  were taken  to  court.

 
 CIVILCHARGES (JANUARY- August2019) – 48

 Сlaims and lawsuits on protection of honor, dignity and business reputation - 42
Protection of copyrights - 3
Protection of privacy  - 1
Protection of the right to own picture - 1
Protection of personal information - 1

ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES (JANUARY- August 2019) - 15

Violation of the legislation on meetings - 3
Disorderly conduct charges – 1
Ansubordination to lawful demands of authority - 2
Charges in bodily blows – 1
Charges in violation of the election law – 5

Violation of migration laws – 1
Violation of the order of output data – 1

Posting deliberately false information - 1

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