Human rights defender Asel Nurgaziyeva incarcerated for 12 days

Human rights defender Asel Nurgaziyeva incarcerated for 12 days

06.12.2012

A court has sentenced Asel Nurgaziyeva to 12 days of incarceration, having accused her of disorderly conduct and disobeying police officers. The circumstances of the human rights defender’s arrest remain unclear. Nurgaziyeva’s lawyer claims provocation.

The statement on detention of human rights defender Asel Nurgaziyeva

The statement on detention of human rights defender Asel Nurgaziyeva

07.06.2012

The Open Dialog Foundation expresses its concern over the detention and attempts to put pressure on the lawyer Asel Nurgaziyeva, a Kazakh human rights activist and the head of the Atyrau Public Association ‘Zaman’