Murat Baidauletov - Justice for Journalists

Murat Baidauletov

Affiliated media: Online activist

Incident date: November 20, 2020

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Azattyk

Location: Kazakhstan, Turkistan Region, Turkestan

Additional information:

The court of the Turkestan region sentenced Murat Baidauletov to a year of liberty deprivation for «participation in the activities of the forbidden organization». The activist is also assigned four hours of forced labour per day until he finds a permanent job. As the judge stated, Baidauletov went live on Facebook and declared his support for the unregistered movements «Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan» and «Kūshe parties» banned by the Kazakh court.

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