Aslan Sagutdinov - Justice for Journalists

Aslan Sagutdinov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: February 22, 2020

Attack type:

  • Short-term detention

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adil Soz

Location: Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan Province, Uralsk

Additional information:

Civil activist and blogger Aslan Sagutdinov was detained near the place of an alleged unauthorized protest rally in Uralsk. During the detention, the police officers tore the blogger's jacket, and one of the policemen split his lips with a headbutt. After Sagutdinov felt sick at the police station (he had an aneurysm), the ambulance took him to the hospital.

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