Kazakh activist detained after expressing solidarity with closed magazine
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Publication Date | 6 February 2015 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Kazakh activist detained after expressing solidarity with closed magazine, 6 February 2015, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/55094031c.html [accessed 28 May 2023] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
February 06, 2015
By RFE/RL's Kazakh Service
ASTANA – Police in Kazakhstan have detained an activist after he staged a protest to express solidarity with the embattled Adam Bol (Be a Human) magazine.
Meiram Duisenov unfolded a poster reading "Adam Bol! in front of presidential palace in Astana on February 6.
Police stopped Duisenov from putting the poster into a mailbox located next to the building and took him away.
In December, a court in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, shut down Adam Bol, saying it was "propagating war."
That ruling came weeks after the magazine published an interview with opposition activist Aidos Sadyqov, who lives in exile in Ukraine.
In the interview, Sadyqov criticized Russia for its involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.
The magazine's chief editor, Gulzhan Erghalieva, ended an 18-day hunger strike on February 5.
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
