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Kazakhstan sentences 19 for protest against repression in China’s Xinjiang region
Eleven activists received five-year prison terms after the court said they incited discord, and eight others were given movement restrictions.
- A court in Kazakhstan convicted 19 activists over protests against China’s policies in Xinjiang.
- The activists demonstrated near the border, criticizing Xi Jinping and calling for the release of a detained Kazakh citizen.
- Eleven were sentenced to five years in prison, while eight others received movement restrictions, raising concerns about suppression of dissent.
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Peneper "incitement to racial hatred" for 19 activists of the Atažurt movement fights in favor of relatives detained together with Uyghurs in the "reeducational camps" of Xinjiang. At trial initially for violation of the rules on demonstrations the crime was tightened after a note of the consulate of the People's Republic of China in Almaty that spoke of "open provocation."
Rights group condemns Kazakhstan conviction of human rights protestors
Amnesty International called the conviction and sentencing of 19 activists participating in a peaceful protest a “travesty of justice,” in a press release on Tuesday. The protest was intended to raise awareness of and to help end human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: The Kazakhstani authorities must immediately release the 19 activists as they…
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Kazakhstan sentences 19 for protest against repression in China's Xinjiang region
A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing.
KAZAKHSTAN: Husband jailed in Xinjiang, wife to be jailed from 2027
When Guldaria Sherizat's youngest daughter turns 18 in 2027, her 5-year jail term is set to begin. She was among 19 Kazakhs originally from China's Xinjiang Province convicted in Taldykorgan on 13 April for "inciting discord" against Chinese people for a November 2025 demonstration. Sherizat was protesting against her husband's jailing in Xinjiang for his protests against his nephew's jailing in Xinjiang for praying. All 19 will appeal. "None of…
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