Bauyrzhan Sarkulov - Justice for Journalists

Bauyrzhan Sarkulov

Affiliated media: Online activist

Incident date: November 20, 2020

Attack type:

  • Authorised travel ban (movement inside a country or specific region / town)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)

Location: Kazakhstan, Aktobe Province, Aktobe

Additional information:

The Aktobe City Court found the activist Bauyrzhan Sarkulov guilty of «participating in the work of a banned organization» (Article 405 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan) and sentenced him to one year of deprivation of liberty with compulsory labour.

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