Koshkarbay Toremuratov
Affiliated media: PIKIR YouTube channel , Blogger
Incident date: September 13, 2022
Attack type:
- Short-term detention
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Аcca.media
Location: Kazakhstan, Almaty Province, Almaty
Additional information:
On September 13, Uzbek blogger Koshkarbay Toremuratov was detained in Almaty. His wife told about the visit of two men. They took him away «because there were questions» and promised to release him soon. A few hours later, Koshkarbay called home and said he was going to Uzbekistan. He said that he would be escorted by an officer of the Uzbek Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolay Babaniyazov. Koshkarbay is charged under Article 244-1 of the Criminal Code (production, storage, distribution or display of materials containing a threat to public security and public order) and Article 159 (encroachments on the constitutional order of the Republic of Uzbekistan). Koshkarbay has been running social media channels about human rights violations in Karakalpakstan since 2017, after serving more than three years in an Uzbek prison since 2014 for allegedly illegally crossing the state border. He then received parole and left for Kazakhstan, where he was reunited with his family.