Urgent Action Update: Activist Sentenced to “Restricted Freedom” (Kazakhstan: UA 65.20)
June 24, 2020On 22 June, Alnur Ilyashev, a Kazakhstani political and human rights activist, was sentenced to three years of “restricted freedom” (a non-custodial sentence) and a ban on political and civic activism for five years for criticizing the government’s handling of COVID-19. He was released at the end of the on-line trial.