Ermek Taychibekov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: September 23, 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 Azattyq

Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty

Additional information:

A criminal case for incitement to hostility has been filed against blogger Ermek Taychibekov. Presumably, the reason for the criminal case and arrest is his interview on Youtube, in which he criticised the national politics of the authorities in Kazakhstan. On August 19, 2021, a court in Almaty sentenced blogger Ermek Taychibekov to seven years in a colony.