STATISTIC of violations of rights for freedom of expression in Kazakhstan. January-August, 2019
43 facts of detentions, arrests, custodial sentencing (54 persons)
Including detentions of journalists
while covering events - 26 facts (28 journalists)
Threats – 9 cases
Attacks on journalists – 8
Shara Turmagambetova (Zhuldyz-Zvezda, Aktobe region)
Aizat Turgynbekkyzy (TV company "KTK", Akmola region)
Sania Toyken, (Azattyq Radio, Nur-Sultan)
Shokan Alkhabayev (Tengrinews.kz, Almaty region)
Andrei Grishin (KIBHR, Almaty region)
Kanat Beisekyeev, Adylet Abish (Vlast.kz, Shymkent region)
Orken Zhoyamergen, Yerzhan Amirkhanov, (Azattiq Radio, Nur-Sultan)
Nurgul Talayeva, Tokhmoldy Kusainov (Azattiq Radio), camera crew (TV
company “Almaty”),
Sergey Duvanov, Margarita Khodus (MIA “KazTAG”, Almaty)
COURT AND PRE-TIRAL ACTIONS
Monitoring
of violations of the right to freedom of speech in August 2019
recorded:
Criminal
– 3
Civil
– 2
Administrative
- 1
CRIMINAL CHARGES (JANUARY-August 2019) – 26 facts
Slander and
insult – 15
Dissimination
of intentionally false information – 3
Incitement
of discord – 4
Paricipation
in the activity of a banned organization – 1
Insult and
Use of force in relation of representative of authority – 3
According to the Committee on Legal
Statistics and Special Accounts of the General Prosecutor's Office of the
Republic of Kazakhstan:
- the courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan
completed 24 cases under Art. 174 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of
Kazakhstan (Arousal of social, national, tribal, racial, estate or religious
hatred) for the first half of 2019.
Including:
- 18 cases decided
upon the sentence;
- 1 case
dismissed
The number of
accused was 2. 19 of them were
convicted, 3 were acquitted.
- 74 cases were registered at the National
Register of Pre-Trial Investigationsunder Art. 174 of the Criminal Code of the
Republic of Kazakhstan in January-August 2019.
51 cases of
offences against the law were taken to
court.
CIVILCHARGES (JANUARY- August2019) – 48
Сlaims and
lawsuits on protection of honor, dignity and business reputation - 42
Protection
of copyrights - 3
Protection
of privacy - 1
Protection
of the right to own picture - 1
Protection of personal information - 1
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES (JANUARY- August 2019) - 15
Violation of the legislation on meetings - 3
Disorderly conduct
charges – 1
Ansubordination to lawful demands of authority - 2
Charges in bodily
blows – 1
Charges in violation of the election law – 5
Violation of migration laws – 1
Violation of the order of output data – 1
Posting deliberately
false information - 1
