Kazakhstan: Lawyer in Forced Psychiatric Detention

Email Kazakh authorities should immediately release a lawyer from unlawful, forced psychiatric detention and ensure her safety. They should give the lawyer immediate access to her legal representative and take steps to hold accountable all those responsible for her unlawful detention. A civil court hearing to consider Zinaida Mukhortova’s forced hospitalization has been scheduled for August 16, 2013. (Berlin) – Kazakh authorities should immediately release a lawyer from unlawful, forced psychiatric detention and ensure her safety. They should give the lawyer immediate access to her legal…

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