Journalist Svetlana Glushkova was detained "by mistake"

As Radio Azattyk  reported, on September 17 in Astana policemen detained journalist Svetlana Glushkova at the site where "action in support of political prisoners" was supposed to be conducted when she arrived to cover the event. She was taken by police car to the building of Esil district police department, where the first deputy head of the Internal Affairs Directorate apologized to her and said that the journalist was detained "by mistake".

Police car took Glushkova back to the place of detention - to the building on Kosmonavtov Street, where diplomatic missions of Western countries are situated and where the event was supposed to take place.

Together with the journalist police officers took a girl in a white T-shirt and a black jacket to the police car. They took her out of the car at the building of the Internal Affairs Directorate and what happened to her afterwards is unknown.  On September 17, tens of policemen were seen on Kosmonavtov street. According to eyewitnesses, police stopped people dressed in white at the place of the supposed protest action .

According to Radio Azattyk, those actions were caused by former banker and critic of Astana Mukhtar Ablyazov. Living abroad he on September 13,  invited his social networks readers to publish their photos in white clothes in support of the persecuted civil activists whom Kazakhstan human rights activists  included in the  " list of political prisoners ".

"Adil Soz" recommends the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inform people what color of clothes would be dangerous to wear "in the risk zone" after another provocative proposal of Ablyazov.