Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Kazakhstan Man Jailed for Anti-presidential Online Comment

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Kazakhstan on Thursday sentenced a man to three years in prison for inciting hatred on social media after he took a swipe at the country's septuagenarian leader and his kinsmen. A court in the western city of Aktau found Ablovas Jumayev guilty of inciting social hatred on the messaging app Telegram and calling for the forcible overthrow of the government by distributing leaflets. The 44-year-old father of four maintained that he was innocent of both crimes and intends to appeal the...

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