Событие Sanat Dosov - Justice for Journalists

Sanat Dosov

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: February 15, 2017

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 Azattyk

Location: Kazakhstan, Aktobe Province, Aktobe

Additional information:

On 27th December 2016, Aktobe resident Sanat Dosov was found guilty of inciting social discord using telecommunications networks (part 1, article 174 of the Criminal Code of Kazakhstan). Aktobe court No. 2 sentenced him to three years in prison. On 15th February, the appeals panel of the Aktobe Regional Court left the sentence of the activist unchanged and did not satisfy the appeal. The sentence then came into force.

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