Thread by @Veritas_kz

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CITIZENS DETAINED DURING PEACEFUL PROTESTS SUBJECTED TO BEATINGS IN A PRE-TRIAL DETENTION FACILITY IN UST-KAMENOGORSK
(City in #Kazakhstan)

#ActivistsNotExtremists
#ProtestJanuary2022

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Olzhas #KAIRKHANOV, born in 1989, was detained on 5 January, 2022 during a peaceful protest in #UstKamenogorsk. 

#Kazakhstanprotests
#Zhanaozen2022

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Olzhas went on the peaceful protest exercising his constitutional right. There, he spoke in support of protesters in #Zhanaozen and spoke about rising prices and the absence of conditions for the development and employment of young people in #Kazakhstan.

#Magnitsky
#IACD2021

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When the peaceful protesters began to be shot at and fired at with tear gas, Olzhas ran away. On his way home he was stopped by 4 masked police officers with machine guns - supposedly Rapid Response Forces. They began to beat and kick Olzhas.

#NoToCorruption

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"They didn't participate in mass disorders; they just wanted to express their opinion exercising their constitutional rights," she said.

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There was a curfew from 07.00 am till 10.00 pm, so we were there all day - nobody said anything to us, there were no lists, and nobody knew anything! I stayed there from the morning till the evening when a person from a law enforcement agency appeared and showed us a list.

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There was my son in it. The following day when I came there again, I learned that my son was taken somewhere at Stakhanov Str. There he was held for 3-4 hours. He has been detained in a pre-trial detention facility since 7 January, 2022.

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He went on the protest just to express his civil views on behalf of all the young people! I ask the authorities to release my son and all the detained sons! They are all innocent. They are not terrorists.