US EditionKazakhstan sentences 19 for protest against repression in China’s Xinjiang region
Eleven activists received five-year prison terms after a protest against Beijing’s Xinjiang crackdown, and eight others were restricted from moving, lawyers said.
- A court in Kazakhstan convicted 19 activists over protests against China’s policies in Xinjiang.
- The activists demonstrated near the border, criticizing Xi Jinping and calling for the release of a detained Kazakh citizen.
- Eleven were sentenced to five years in prison, while eight others received movement restrictions, raising concerns about suppression of dissent.
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Rights group condemns Kazakhstan conviction of human rights protestors
Amnesty International called the conviction and sentencing of 19 activists participating in a peaceful protest a “travesty of justice,” in a press release on Tuesday. The protest was intended to raise awareness of and to help end human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: The Kazakhstani authorities must immediately release the 19 activists as they…
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Kazakhstan sentences 19 for protest against repression in China's Xinjiang region
A Kazakh court has convicted 19 Kazakh activists after a protest against Beijing’s crackdown in China’s far-western Xinjiang region last year, in what advocates call an extraordinary move by the Kazakh government to silence dissident at the behest of Beijing.
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