Asanali Suyunbaev

Affiliated media: Online activist

Incident date: April 16, 2020

Attack type:

• Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: KIBHR – Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law

Location: Kazakhstan, Aktobe Province, Aktobe

Additional information:

Asnali Suyunbaev was arrested on 16 Aprill and transferred to a psychiatric clinic. His stay at the clinic was arranged by police with no further information of why the man put in the health facility for mentally ill. Civil activists are convinced that this move is connected to Asnali’s criticism of the authorities.