Kazakhstan - Investigative reporter held arbitrarily in northeastern city

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns investigative reporter Yaroslav Golyshkin's arbitrary detention for the past month in a prison in the northeastern city of Pavlodar and calls on the judicial system to guarantee his right to due process. Everything indicates that the regional authorities are trying to make him the scapegoat for a scandal allegedly involving Pavlodar regional governor Kanat Bozumbayev's son. Arrested by the National Security Committee (KNB) on 14 May, Golyshkin is being (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - samedi 13 juin 2015