Kazakhstan - Journalist still facing up to seven years in prison for “inciting hatred”

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by journalist and human rights activist Alexander Kharlamov's detention on trumped up charges for the past four months for writing articles critical of the local authorities and judicial system in his hometown, the eastern city of Ridder. Aged in his 60s, he is facing a possible seven-year jail sentence on a charge of inciting hatred under article 164 of the criminal code. The prosecutor said he “spread atheist ideas” and “displayed a negative attitude (...)

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